Maryland lawmakers are once again debating whether to scale back the state’s practice of automatically placing teenage defendants in adult court if they are accused of serious crimes.
Should Maryland grant parole to more elderly and ill inmates?
ANNAPOLIS–Maryland lawmakers are divided on whether to clear the path for elderly and seriously ill inmates to more easily seek early release from prison. Those backing a set of proposed reforms argue that the state incarcerates some people who are…
Maryland officials hustle to contain avian flu outbreak
Four flocks of chickens on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have tested positive for the avian influenza virus, also known as avian flu, since early January. Maryland state agencies are now hurrying to contain the outbreak, the further spread of which could…
Police drones are flying over Maryland. Will state lawmakers regulate them?
ANNAPOLIS – On an afternoon in mid-January, a Montgomery County police drone tracked a shoplifting suspect as he made his way from a Wheaton CVS to the entrance of a nearby Metro station, where a patrol unit intercepted and arrested…
Trump resumes power and promises a “golden age”
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Republican Donald Trump took office as the 47th President of the United States Monday, saying that he was “saved by God to make America great again.” “In everything we do, my administration will be inspired by a strong pursuit…
Freedom Caucus chair says officials who resist Trump may pay a price
ANNAPOLIS–U.S. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Maryland) said Tuesday he expects President-elect Donald Trump will withhold federal dollars from those who don’t comply with mass deportation and other policies — potentially even in Harris’ home state of Maryland. “After having discussions with…
Jimmy Carter and the diverse voters who loved him
ANNAPOLIS–The coalition of rural voters, urban Black voters and white progressives that carried Jimmy Carter to victory in the 1976 presidential election was fragile, and he spent much of his long retirement watching it unravel. That unraveling is as apparent…
Sugar industry pays for House trips to help safeguard subsidies
Groups associated with sugar growers and refiners have spent tens of thousands of dollars for hundreds of U.S. House staff to tour muddy sugar cane fields in Louisiana and Florida and sugar beet factories in Minnesota, according to an analysis of House travel disclosure data from 2012 through 2023 compiled by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland.
Legal gray areas hinder police watchdogs
Three years after passing the Maryland Police Accountability Act, the rollout of the new police oversight systems has proven slow.