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Dalya Attar moves to dismiss parts of blackmailing indictment
Maryland state Sen. Dalya Attar, D-Baltimore City, on Tuesday moved to dismiss parts of her indictment for a scheme to blackmail a former campaign consultant.
Climate change lawsuits don’t help energy policy
Recent lawsuits in Maryland and across the country are adding to the already sky-high price of electricity. Indeed, Maryland ratepayers pay the 11th highest cost of energy in the U.S. […]
Jury awards Baltimore $62 million in lawsuit over ‘ghost guns’
A Baltimore City jury on Wednesday night ordered an Anne Arundel County-based gun retailer to pay $62 million in damages for allowing the spread of untraceable “ghost guns” throughout the city.
Community group’s challenge to Baltimore’s tax sale system survives motions to dismiss
U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson on Aug. 22 mostly denied motions to dismiss filed by Baltimore City and two tax-lien investment companies.
Judge declines to certify class in case on ICE detention conditions in Baltimore
A federal judge declined to certify the proposed class in the lawsuit over immigrant detention conditions in downtown Baltimore.
MDOT awards $1.25M in transit-oriented development grants
Maryland awarded $1.25 million in grant funding to advance mixed-use development projects near transit stations.
Baltimore poised to settle CSX lawsuit over water main break that derailed train
Baltimore's spending board will vote on a proposed settlement to end a lawsuit brought by CSX over a major water main failure that caused a train derailment in 2019.
Most Md. subdivisions will participate in opioid settlement — but not Baltimore
Maryland and nearly all of its political subdivisions have agreed to participate in a financial settlement with Johnson & Johnson and several opioid distributors.
Baltimore drug treatment facility, denied an operating permit, asks judge to step in
A drug treatment facility has turned to the courts in an effort to open its doors — over the objections of Baltimore officials who denied a critical permit.
Family sues over DPW worker’s drowning death at Baltimore wastewater plant
A new lawsuit claims that the wastewater facility where a Department of Public Works supervisor drowned in 2019 was a “deathtrap” that was so poorly maintained it was all but […]
Judge orders contract with conservative Catholic group for Baltimore rally
A federal judge has ordered the company that manages the MECU Pavilion in Baltimore to send a contract to the conservative Catholic group that plans to hold a protest during […]
Baltimore’s First Amendment dispute with Catholic group rests on incomplete contract
The lack of a completed contract remains an obstacle for the rally being planned by a conservative Roman Catholic organization in Baltimore.
