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The Baltimore City school board has voted to increase the superintendent's salary from $298,000 a year to $325,000 a year.

ANNAPOLIS – Opponents and proponents of contested circuit court elections in Maryland battled Wednesday over proposed constitutional amendments to end the practice, with the state’s top judge saying the elections politicize the one governmental branch that should never be politicized ...

Tagged with: Judicial Elections Mary Ellen Barbera William H. "Billy" Murphy Jr.

A legislative audit questioned how Maryland’s Opioid Operational Command Center disbursed more than $1 million in grants for programs addressing the state’s opioid epidemic, including the potential purchase of a property formerly used as a golf course. The audit stemmed ...

The deans of Maryland’s two law schools and former law students addressed a Senate panel Wednesday in support of a bill that would funnel state funds into programs at both schools to support incoming students from the state’s historically black ...

Tagged with: Donald Tobin Fannie Angelos Program for Academic Excellence law schools

Greater Baltimore Committee President and CEO Donald C. Fry speaks at a news conference Wednesday. (The Daily Record/Adam Bednar) ANNAPOLIS — A business advocacy group and elected leaders from counties in the Baltimore metro region voiced support for legislation boosting ...

ANNAPOLIS — Lawmakers and open government advocates are promoting a package of three bills meant to modernize the state’s open records laws, which are now 50 years old. Supporters and users of state open records laws applaud them as giving ...

ANNAPOLIS – A bill that would allow college athletes at public universities in Maryland to be compensated for their name, image and likeness met a skeptical reception at a Senate hearing Wednesday, with the committee’s chair calling for further study. ...

ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate has approved a measure that would create a statewide ban on the intentional release of balloons into the atmosphere. The Senate voted 38-3 on Tuesday for the measure. A similar bill is pending in the ...

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers are again being asked to consider legislation banning local law enforcement agencies from turning over undocumented immigrants based on civil warrants. Supporters of the bill, introduced in previous years, hope it has a shot of passage ...

ANNAPOLIS – Gay rights activists hailed legislation Tuesday that would bar murder defendants from claiming they were provoked to violence after discovering the victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity in an effort to reduce their offense to manslaughter, a defense ...

Tagged with: FreeState Justice gay rights gay/trans panic defense Lambda Legal Defense Matthew Shepard