Maryland’s top court Monday approved procedural rules designed to ensure that defendants are represented by counsel at initial bail hearings; however, it delayed their implementation for an unknown amount of time.

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An arbitration meeting is scheduled between striking longshoremen at the Port of Baltimore and management. The longshoremen, the largest of four unions at the port representing more than 1,000 workers, went on strike after contract negotiations stalled Tuesday. Three other ...

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Maryland District Court administrative judges would appoint private attorneys to represent defendants at initial bail hearings whenever the public defender’s office cannot provide the representation due to inadequate funding or staffing, under a proposal headed to the state’s top court.

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Criminal defendants in Maryland have a constitutional right to counsel at their initial bail hearings, the state’s top court ruled Wednesday in a decision that could require the state to pay $28 million annually to provide the legal assistance.

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WASHINGTON — A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman asked one of three former football players accused of sexually assaulting her to tell Navy investigators nothing happened, according to a recording of a telephone call played at a military hearing Thursday. The ...

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Baltimore activists and City Council members sparred, sometimes angrily, with one another Wednesday as a council committee continued to debate the merits of a public financing plan for the proposed Harbor Point development.

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City finance officials were wrong to close a May 20 meeting at City Hall in order to discuss and vote on details of a $107 million request for taxpayer subsidies for a luxury development at Harbor Point, the Attorney General’s Open Meetings Compliance Board found.

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A hearing on a motion to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to stop construction of the Horseshoe Baltimore casino has been postponed until September.

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A hearing on a motion to dismiss a lawsuit attempting to halt construction of the Horseshoe Baltimore casino has been set for July 29 in Baltimore City Circuit Court.

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A protest has been scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at City Hall for one hour leading up to a controversial hearing on a $107 million public tax break request for the $1 billion Harbor Point project.

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