Juvenile Services Unable to Replace Girls Facility that Critics Say Needs to Close

ANNAPOLIS – If the Secretary of the Department of Juvenile Services had his way, he’d tear down the Thomas J

Legislators to Fight Closure of Eastern Shore Mental Health Facility

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers and supporters of Kent County’s Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center promised on Wednesday to use the upcoming legislative session to fight the facility’s closure by the Board of Public Works

Beltway Sniper Witnesses Unable to Forget

ROCKVILLE – On a sunny, fall Thursday seven years ago, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, the “Beltway Snipers,” shot and killed five people in Maryland and Washington

Public Defender Firing Brings Scrutiny to Oversight Board

ANNAPOLIS – The role of an obscure oversight board that fired the state’s public defender earlier this year underwent sharp questioning at a Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee hearing Tuesday

Annapolis Housing Authority Says It Can Ban Anyone from Public Housing

ANNAPOLIS – The Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis moved earlier this month to have a civil rights lawsuit brought against it dismissed on the grounds that it functions as a private property owner and may ban anyone it chooses from public housing grounds

Maryland Wants to Withhold State Police Records from NAACP

ANNAPOLIS – Lawyers from the Maryland Attorney General’s office and the NAACP clashed Tuesday over access to Maryland State Police records related to racial profiling before a rare en banc hearing of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals

Gang Activity Could Elicit Communication Reform

ANNAPOLIS – Concern about gang activity at Maryland schools is prompting law enforcement officials, prosecutors and House Speaker Michael E

Democrats Wary of Gang Prosecution Reform

ANNAPOLIS – Calls for a tougher Maryland Gang Prosecution Act got a lukewarm response from Democrats at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday