Former NAACP leader Mfume to run for congressional seat
A former leader of the NAACP, Kweisi Mfume, launched a bid to return to Congress Monday, entering the race for the Maryland congressional seat that became vacant with the death of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings last month.
2 convicted in Maryland delegate’s grandson’s shooting death
Two men have been convicted in the shooting death of a Maryland lawmaker's grandson.
Baltimore delegate backs mandatory sentences after grandson’s slaying
ANNAPOLIS – A delegate whose grandson was shot to death in Baltimore last Labor Day urged senators Thursday to pass legislation to impose mandatory minimum sentences on repeat gun offenders, a position at odds with the legislator’s more liberal views before the killing. “I am thinking a little differently this year because (my grandson’s death) knocked […]