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Maryland hate crime commission member suspended for anti-Israel social media posts
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland's attorney general suspended a member of the state’s new commission aimed at addressing hate crimes this week after she posted on social media criticizing Israel's actions in Gaza. Attorney General Anthony Brown said in a news release Tuesday that his...
Democratic US Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland says he will not seek reelection in 2024
U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland will not seek reelection in 2024, choosing to depart his seat after an 18-year run, the nine-term Democrat announced Thursday. Sarbanes, who has represented Maryland's traditionally blue 3rd congressional district since 2007, said in a statement...
Maryland Supreme Court posthumously admits Black man to bar, 166 years after rejecting him
BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) — More than a century after Edward Garrison Draper was rejected for the Maryland Bar due to his race, he has been posthumously admitted. The Supreme Court of Maryland attempted to right the past wrong by hold a special session Thursday to admit Draper, who was...
Maryland court order enables shops to sell hemp-derived products
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A Maryland judge has suspended a part of the state's recreational marijuana law that forced some shops to stop selling hemp-derived products with intoxicating levels of THC. The Washington Post reports that Washington County Circuit Court Judge Brett R....
Gun control among new laws taking effect in Maryland
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gun control laws will take effect in Maryland on Sunday. The laws were approved as part of state lawmakers' response to last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ended a requirement to demonstrate a particular need for a license to carry a concealed gun in public, but they...
Maryland apologizes to man wrongly convicted of murder, agrees to $340K payment for years in prison
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A man wrongly convicted of two separate violent crimes will be compensated by the state of Maryland after spending years behind bars, including over a year after he had been proven innocent. A Maryland board approved more than $340,000 for a settlement on...
Adnan Syed calls for investigation into prosecutorial misconduct on protracted legal case
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Adnan Syed, speaking a year after he was released from prison when a judge vacated his conviction in the murder of his ex-girlfriend, emphasized his innocence again Tuesday, as he faces another stage in a long and complex legal odyssey in Maryland's Supreme Court after a...
Maryland officials announce $120M for K-12 behavioral health services
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials on Tuesday highlighted the availability of $120 million in grants for behavioral and mental health services to help K-12 students over the next year and a half. Senate President Bill Ferguson, a Baltimore Democrat, described the funding as a...
Maryland's schools superintendent withdraws his request to extend his contract
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland's superintendent of schools is withdrawing his request for a second term, he and the state school board announced Friday. The announcement came as renewal of Mohammed Choudhury's contract, which expires in June 2024, faced mounting scrutiny because of...
