ANNAPOLIS – A 47-year-old Silver Spring man received a check for $145 from a state pension fund
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Workers Who Spoke Out on Contracting Problems Can Sue Bosses
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that two Baltimore City workers who spoke out against improper contracting in the city’s Department of Public Works could sue the bosses who demoted them
EDS: EMBARGOED UNTIL SATURDAY, NOV. 14, AT NOON.
COLLEGE PARK – A recent survey of Maryland public school children could calm parents who worry the drug Ritalin is being over-prescribed
Increase in Charity Pitches Brings Increase in Charity Scams
WASHINGTON – Of the $8 billion a year that Marylanders donate to charity, they lose at least $100 million to telemarketing fraud, state officials estimate
Death Row Inmate Denounces Justice System, Says Didn’t Pull Trigger
BALTIMORE – Facing execution next week, convicted murderer Tyrone Delano Gilliam said he does not believe he pulled the trigger in the December 1988 murder of a Baltimore County hardware clerk and added he is “frustrated” with a justice system that is “inundated with evil
Democratic Gain in House of Delegates Comes to Six Seats
ANNAPOLIS – Four years ago, voters in Montgomery County’s District 39 sent four Republicans to the state legislature
High Court to Hear Local Case on Cops, Media Raid of Home
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear an appeal from a Montgomery County couple who sued police for bringing a newspaper reporter and photographer along on a raid of their home