Cluster's bill would return management of the detention center and central booking facilities to the city beginning Jan. 1, 2015.

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ANNAPOLIS — Anne Arundel County officials should think about strengthening the county’s ethics commission, grant higher pay for police promotions and consider moving an executive protection detail out of the police department, a task force concluded Monday. The task force ...

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A new Maryland task force that will review the best practices for handling offenses committed by juveniles has postponed its first meeting. The Task Force on Juvenile Court Jurisdiction was scheduled to meet Wednesday in Baltimore at the Governor’s Office ...

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A General Assembly task force formed to consider a controversial ruling by the Maryland Court of Appeals that pit bulls are “inherently dangerous” made no concrete decisions during a work session Thursday in Annapolis. Only six of the 10 task ...

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Marylanders could be asked to fork over extra money to utility companies to accelerate improvements to the electrical distribution system, according to a report released Wednesday.

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The ABA launched the 18-member Task Force on the Future of Legal Education to spend two years examining the changes roiling the law profession and legal education ...

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A task force studying the access mentally ill people have to firearms is holding its first meeting. The task force is meeting Tuesday in Reisterstown. The panel is studying whether current state laws are adequate or need to be changed. ...

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WASHINGTON — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray says he has appointed members of a task force that will investigate solutions to power outages caused by severe storms. Gray also announced the first meeting of the Mayor’s Task Force on ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland lawmaker says he expects a bill addressing a court ruling that defines pit bulls as “inherently dangerous” will be introduced in this month’s special session. Del. Curt Anderson, a co-chairman of a task force that has ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s health department on Friday officially proposed the first statewide ban on the sale of crib bumper pads in cribs to begin next year. The proposed ban would start June 21, 2013. The department started investigating the risks ...

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