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A state government employee charged with viewing child pornography at work is the same man who pleaded guilty decades ago to sexually abusing four boy scouts.
Tagged with: Baltimore County Stephen Cormack
Read More »Board OKs $27M to tear down old Baltimore jail buildings
A Maryland board has approved a $27.5 million contract to tear down nearly 40 structures that were part of the correctional complex at the closed Baltimore City Detention Center.
Tagged with: Baltimore City Detention Center board of public works Towson Mechanical Inc.
Read More »Md. board denies judge’s request for $86K to pay for legal defense
ANNAPOLIS — The Board of Public Works has denied a request by a district court judge who was seeking reimbursement of more than $86,000 in legal fees for her successful defense against a judicial ethics complaint. The money, which would ...
Read More »Hogan sidesteps legislature to pay State Center legal fees
ANNAPOLIS — The Board of Public Works Wednesday voted to pay more than $360,000 in fees to outside attorneys representing the state in an ongoing court dispute over the canceled redevelopment of State Center in Baltimore. The 2-to-1 vote to ...
Read More »Florida city pays $600,000 ransom to save computer records
A Florida city agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at extorting money from governments and businesses.
Read More »Maryland school safety training to soothe traumatized kids
School safety is the subject of a conference drawing teachers, law enforcement officers and mental health service providers in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Tagged with: Baltimore governor's office of crime control and prevention school safety
Read More »Officials want results of ethics probe into Metro chairman
The governors of Virginia and Maryland and the mayor of Washington, D.C., want Virginia transit officials to release the findings of an ethics investigation into their board chairman.
Tagged with: jack evans Larry Hogan Ralph Northam wmata
Read More »Md. cannabis commission says no recall on vaping products
ANNAPOLIS — Members of the state’s commission on medical cannabis said they continue to investigate concerns about toxic heavy metals in some products used in vaping but said they will not issue a recall. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission issued ...
Read More »Maryland governor takes steps to boost cybersecurity
Gov. Larry Hogan is taking steps to strengthen cybersecurity in Maryland in the wake of a cyberattack that hit the city of Baltimore's computer network.
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Read More »Maryland official says Baltimore resisted help after hack
A Maryland information technology official says Baltimore leaders resisted accepting help from the state for about a week after the city's computer servers were hacked.
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