Back in April, a couple of weeks before Catherine Pugh finally resigned as Baltimore’s mayor, Councilmember Ryan Dorsey introduced three bills aimed at revamping the city’s ethical framework. As he did so, Dorsey commented, “This recent scandal is only the ...

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The controversial and much-debated issue of gerrymandering has permeated the news in recent months. A review of political history in the United States makes clear that gerrymandering is an old dog with no new tricks, as the issue continues to ...

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On Oct. 17, 2019, the state of Maryland truly lost a giant of a warrior and a pillar within the community. Elijah Eugene Cummings, Maryland House representative for the 7th Congressional District of Baltimore city since 1996, died after battling ...

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Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and the Stronachs, the Canadian family that owns the Pimlico and Laurel race courses, have announced a deal to keep the Preakness at Pimlico. The deal must be approved by the General Assembly because ...

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This board has opined on several occasions on the need for a court in our state system dedicated to the adjudication of complex business matters. This, we have argued, makes sense from a legal point of view. Often the disputes involve millions, ...

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Most readers of this newspaper are aware of the continuing controversy over the rights of those who allege in lawsuits that they have been wronged by the misconduct of Baltimore city police officers and then attempt to settle those claims ...

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We have written before about the “spy plane” that has flown over Baltimore. In an editorial published two years ago, we noted several recommendations about the aerial surveillance program from the Police Foundation, a national group. Among them were: Before ...

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David Plymyer’s Sept. 19 op-ed in The Daily Record is unfair and misleading. Plymyer cites a single decision of the Court of Special Appeals, reversing a trial judge with over six years of experience on the Circuit Court for Baltimore ...

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During the last legislative session, Del. Erek Barron of Prince George’s County sponsored a bill allowing prosecutors to move to vacate a conviction if newly discovered information calls into question the integrity of the conviction. The bill passed and will ...

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As there should be, there is a lot of uproar over the two recent mass shootings and it seems like for the first time in a long time change may be in the air. Not landed but in the air. ...

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