The controversial redistricting map developed by the Prince George’s County Council will not go into effect following a decision from Maryland’s Court of Appeals Monday. In a brief order, Maryland’s top court upheld a circuit judge’s ruling that blocked the ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — Prince George’s County lawmakers have passed a bill that would ban the use of electronic cigarettes in all places where smoking is prohibited — except at the forthcoming MGM casino resort. The bill passed in the Prince ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — The Prince George’s County Council is expected to approve spending millions to cover the debt of hospital operator Dimensions Healthcare Systems as the company seeks to build a $645 million regional hospital. The county council is scheduled ...

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UPPER MARLBORO  — People convicted of gun crimes in Prince George’s County will soon be required to register with police, check in regularly and submit to home visits from officers. Prince George’s County Council members unanimously passed a bill Tuesday ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor says the former mayor of Capitol Heights has pleaded guilty misuse of campaign funds when he was a candidate for Prince George’s County Council. Forty-seven-year-old Darrell Miller entered the plea Wednesday ...

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BOWIE, Md. (AP) — A board weighing the fate of 200 acres of property near Bowie State University is expected to make a recommendation next year about what to do with the land. Among the options for the county-owned land ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — Derrick Leon Davis has easily won the race to fill the Prince George’s County Council seat vacated by Leslie Johnson. Davis, a former school system official and current chairman of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund, defeated Day ...

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WASHINGTON — A pastor whose church won millions in a religious discrimination lawsuit against Prince George’s County says officials are trying to limit the size of the church’s new building, including a sanctuary with seating for 900. Reaching Hearts International, ...

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WASHINGTON — The wife of former Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson resigned from her seat on the County Council on Tuesday, five days after she pleaded guilty to destroying evidence in a federal corruption probe. Leslie E. Johnson ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — The Prince George’s County Council has approved a $2.7 billion budget that slightly reduces education spending but could avert teacher layoffs. The budget also freezes wages for county workers but will give them a one-time bonus of ...

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