PHILADELPHIA — The nation’s top law enforcement officer got a glimpse of the challenges facing ex-offenders attempting to rebuild their lives on Tuesday as he attended an unusual court session and then met with several of them afterward. Attorney General ...

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Two state delegates battling for the Democratic nomination for Maryland attorney general will duel in Annapolis next year over how best to deal with revenge porn.

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A Maryland lawmaker wants to give the Office of the Maryland Attorney General more authority to investigate charities and how they spend donations.

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SILVER SPRING — On the defensive again, Maryland Attorney Doug Gansler found himself under scrutiny Thursday in his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor, saying he should have done more to see if there was underage drinking at a ...

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Is this a dead man walking or what? Dead, that is, as a candidate for governor. Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler may have been thrust into that status as he tried to deflect questions raised about Maryland State Police assigned to protect him — from himself, it seemed.

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Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a state law that bars Marylanders from deducting, from city or county taxes, the tax they pay to other states when they earn money there.

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BELTSVILLE — Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler on Monday named Del. Jolene Ivey his running mate in his bid for the Democratic nomination in the governor’s race. Ivey, 52, is a two-term delegate who represents Prince George’s County. “I am ...

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The Education Escalation Channel is designed to streamline reporting of cyberbullying on Facebook and provide each school system with a direct line of communication with the social media company.

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The state constitution "is not in conflict with" the election law allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections, according to the Court of Appeals.

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Maryland’s new gun-control law dodged a bullet on its first day Tuesday, as a federal judge rejected arguments from gun-rights advocates to block statutory provisions banning the purchase of semi-automatic assault weapons and requiring handgun purchasers to be licensed by the state before buying.

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