Reporters were informed via email Friday morning that the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange board scheduled a meeting for 5:30 p.m. Friday evening.

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FREDERICK — The Frederick city elections board says state Del. Galen Clagett broke electioneering rules during the city’s Sept. 10 primary. The Frederick News-Post reported Thursday that the board is taking action against Clagett, a loser in the Democratic mayoral ...

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Hyatt Regency Baltimore hotel employees plan to testify before the City Council that the hotel is violating its agreement with the city by subcontracting at least a third of its jobs to temporary workers.

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A non-practicing lawyer successfully challenged a $75 red-light camera fine in Baltimore because the citation failed to include the registration number of his vehicle as required by law.

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Two residential drug treatment facilities will share $50,000 under a settlement between the city of Baltimore and the U.S. Justice Department, which claimed the city’s zoning code violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

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FREDERICK — A Frederick wine bar faces a possible $300 fine for letting a manager drink on duty. The boss says the manager was just testing the wine after a customer complained. The Frederick News-Post reports that the Frederick County ...

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A Hyattsville-based farm and nursery will pay $50,000 to a former employee who was fired after the company discovered he has hemophilia. Homestead Gardens Inc. said it would pay Richard Starkey as part of a larger settlement of the U.S. ...

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The city solicitor says spending on telephone and network equipment and services was not unusual and didn’t violate law. Solicitor George Nilson responded to the mayor’s request to determine the legality of the spending under two contracts without the comptroller’s ...

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Employers beware: Your prohibition on hiring job applicants with arrest or conviction records could land you in trouble with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In a new guidance to employers, job applicants and its own investigators, the EEOC states ...

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The Latin title of this editorial is usually translated, “Who will watch the watchers?” Sometimes the answer is the public. According to law enforcement officials, Prince George’s County Councilwoman Karen Toles was pulled over by a police officer who had ...

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