Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Friday named Carroll County State’s Attorney Brian L. DeLeonardo to the Carroll County Circuit Court. DeLeonardo, a Republican who has served as the county’s chief prosecutor since 2014, will succeed retired Carroll County Circuit Judge ...

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s executive order requiring bidders on state contracts to forswear boycotting Israel reflects the early Cold War loyalty oaths forswearing Communism that the U.S. Supreme Court has deemed unconstitutional, a software engineer and would-be bidder who supports ...

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Maryland’s retiring top jurist Wednesday ended her last public appearance on the bench by thanking the state’s judiciary and more than 40,000 attorneys for “keeping the rule of law strong.” “I am gratified beyond words to do the work of ...

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A federal appeals court rejected on procedural grounds a psychotherapist’s free speech challenge to Maryland’s ban on treating youngsters with conversion therapy.

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Gov. Larry Hogan has appointed an administrative law judge and a public defender to the Maryland District Court in Baltimore County. Krystin Jane Richardson, who had served as an administrative law judge with the Office of Administrative Hearings since 2018, ...

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Maryland judges and attorneys who live in Montgomery County and dream of serving on the state’s top court must get their applications in to the Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission by 4:30 p.m. on June 24. The Maryland Judiciary has posted ...

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday vetoed two bills supported by immigration advocates, including a measure that would prohibit local jails from entering into agreements with federal authorities on immigration-related detentions.

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Former Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler announced Tuesday he is running for governor.

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Maryland has a new strategy for persuading residents to get their COVID-19 vaccine — and it’s a gamble.

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Counsel for Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan told a federal appeals court Thursday that his order requiring bidders for state contracts to forswear boycotts against Israel does not violate the constitutional right of a software engineer seeking government work to freely ...

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