Change in AMBER Alert Message to Help Clear Up Confusion

ANNAPOLIS – With the growing number of alerts — code blues at local schools or color-coded federal terrorist warnings — Maryland officials want no confusion when asking the public’s help in searching for an abducted child

Murder Victim’s Family to Bring Story to Lawmakers in Death Penalty Debate

ANNAPOLIS – Kay Cross will tell lawmakers Thursday that there is only one just sentence for the person who killed her son — the death penalty

Maryland Racial Profiling Suit Left On Back Burner

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s racial profiling lawsuit is on hold until Gov

Chief Moose Treks to Capital To Support New Gun Legislation

ANNAPOLIS – Three gun restriction bills won support Thursday from the big gun himself — Montgomery County Chief of Police Charles A

Maryland’s Legislative Black Caucus Pushes for Police Bias Settlement

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s Legislative Black Caucus is pushing to end the state’s decade-old racial profiling lawsuit after the state passed on settling it in early January

Maryland Attorney General Calls for Death Penalty Abolition

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland Attorney General J

Phoning-While-Driving Ban Gets New Life With New Committee

ANNAPOLIS – A bill to stop the use of hand-held phones while driving, which has failed four other times, may have a chance this session with a new committee

Maryland Death Penalty Keeps Legislators Busy

ANNAPOLIS – With Gov

Maryland’s Public Defender Office Needs Help – Fast

ANNAPOLIS – Buried in cases, the Maryland Office of the Public Defender Thursday asked the Senate Subcommittee on Public Safety, Transportation, and Environment for help – $10 million to $12 million over the next three years to increase its staff