Annapolis

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Maryland considers shake-up in how judges are picked

Maryland lawmakers are weighing two bills this year that would shake up how the state chooses circuit court judges.

New Md. bill could improve police awareness of unseen disabilities

Lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it easier for first responders in Maryland to know when they’re dealing with a person who has invisible disabilities.

Fearing ICE raids, Delmarva immigrants mostly stay home

As rumors of pending raids circulate through rural communities on the Delmarva Peninsula, places like Race Street have grown eerily quiet.

State apologizes to man wrongly imprisoned for murder

Marando Warthen won an official apology and $3 million in compensation from the state of Maryland, after serving decades in prison for wrongful murder convictions in 1984.

Advocates fight cuts to Maryland’s disabilities agency

Advocates are urging lawmakers to reconsider proposed funding cuts, warning they would devastate essential services for people with disabilities.

Trump moves could mean bigger cuts in state budget

Senate President Bill Ferguson warned that new decisions by President Donald Trump’s administration could force much deeper cuts to state programs than those already proposed.

Gov. Moore calls for courage amid Trump “chaos”

Gov. Wes Moore called on lawmakers to “confront crisis with courage” in the coming months as they try to close their massive budget gap and navigate an unpredictable new administration in the White House.

Lawmakers debate the sentencing of youth as adults

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.

Maryland gets a glimpse of design for the new Key Bridge

Gov. Wes Moore unveiled the design for the new Francis Scott Key Bridge, predicting full funding from the federal government for a project he says is “not about nostalgia” but rather necessity.

Lawmakers hope to cut utility bills, expand Maryland power grid

Democratic leaders unveiled a sweeping new energy plan for Maryland, one that would make it easier to build new energy plants and other power projects.