Maryland has agreed to pay the first death row inmate exonerated post-conviction by DNA an additional $83,000.

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The Maryland Board of Public Works approved a contract to purchase eight new battery-electric, zero-emission buses for BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.

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Maryland’s Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved a payment of nearly $1 million to a Baltimore man who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. It is the second payment that the man, 73-year-old ...

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A Baltimore man who was wrongfully convicted of robbery and spent nearly a decade behind bars will receive more than $550,000 under a new law.

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Some Democrats in the General Assembly are bandying about the idea of dumping Nancy Kopp as state treasurer.

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A request for a $60 million expansion and renovation of the Southwest Airline terminal at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport led to a rare public disagreement between the governor and comptroller on the handling of a controversial change in landing patterns at the airport.

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Judiciary walked away with a split decision from the Board of Public Works Wednesday after the three-member panel voted to eliminate some filing fees and rejected a request to impose new ones. The fee changes requested by ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan Wednesday vetoed a bill that would remove a 50-year old process of school construction oversight, replacing it with one that gives the legislature more say and eliminates the Board of Public Works’ oversight role. Hogan ...

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A task force studying wrongful convictions in Maryland is asking state lawmakers to establish a more streamlined process for compensating and supporting people who have been exonerated, including establishing a standard amount of compensation per year of incarceration. Members of ...

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The Board of Public Works unanimously approved $7.6 Million for 11 Baltimore city parks and community projects on Wednesday. The series of Maryland Department of Natural Resources items includes funding from Program Open Space Local, the Community Parks and Playgrounds ...

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