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    Annapolis can do more to atone for its racist past. This election is voters’ chance.
    Thirty-two years ago, Orlando Ridout IV organized the rescue of the Maynard-Burgess House in Annapolis as a form of reparations.
    The Maynard-Burgess House was built in the mid-19th century and was the home of two middle-class Black families over the next 143 years.
    Feud between Anne Arundel judges heads toward finale. Unfortunately, they dragged me into it.
    The two-year feud between two Anne Arundel County Orphans Court judges heads toward a denouement this month, when a disciplinary commission considers complaints against one of them. Unfortunately, they dragged me into this.
    The sign outside an obscure office building near Annapolis points toward the Anne Arundel County Orphans Court.
    New leader makes changes at Juvenile Services following oversight report
    The Maryland agency made three personnel changes after an Office of the Correctional Ombudsman report found fault in DJS operations.
    Betsy Fox Tolentino, acting secretary of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, said she has made personnel changes in response to a critical report.
    Math in Maryland is about to change
    Board President Josh Michael, a former math teacher, said he expects the standards to foster deeper learning and greater equity across the state’s classrooms.
    Students in an eighth grade math class at KIPP Harmony Academy last year.
    Raskin lawsuit challenges congressional restrictions at ICE facilities
    The lawsuit comes days after members of Maryland’s federal delegation were denied a tour of Baltimore’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office.
    From left, Rep. Johnny Olszewski, Rep. Sarah Elfreth, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Glenn Ivey await entrance to the ICE field offices at the George H. Fallon Federal Building in Baltimore on Monday, July 28, 2025. The group aimed to test whether they would be allowed to see conditions in which detainees are being kept.
    Baltimore recorded fewest youth homicides in a decade in first half of 2025
    Baltimore City officials and community groups have invested in prevention programs meant to divert kids away from gun violence.
    Anti-violence programs, such as the Group Violence Reduction Strategy, have also brought down the number of youth homicides in Baltimore.
    Bit by bit, what’s left of the Key Bridge is coming down
    Sixteen months after the bridge’s main span was knocked down by a massive container ship, killing six construction workers, demolition of the remaining structures has begun.
    An excavator lifts a slab of roadway as work continued on demolishing the southwest ramp to the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Wednesday.
    Staff failed to prevent sexual activity at youth detention center, watchdog finds
    The report also criticized the agency for mismanaging an evacuation during a flood risk and rising assaults on staff.
    A state watchdog has found significant safety failures at a Western Maryland youth facility.
    Maryland members of Congress denied tour of Baltimore ICE detention site
    A half-dozen Maryland members of Congress were denied access to a federal immigration field office used to temporarily hold people facing deportation.
    Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation walk up the steps of the George H. Fallon Federal Building in Baltimore on Monday morning.
    Gov. Moore takes leadership role at national bipartisan governors group
    Moore will take over the chairmanship next year from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks at the South Carolina Democratic Party's Blue Palmetto Dinner in Columbia, S.C., on Friday, May 30, 2025.
    Trump administration denies Western Maryland federal flood aid
    Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday that Maryland will appeal Trump’s decision after the administration denied federal flood aid.
    Waterlogged cars sit in the flooded parking lot of Westernport Elementary School after a catastrophic storm hit the area on Tuesday.
    A Maryland lawmaker wants to up the ante on partisan congressional redistricting
    It’s not guaranteed that Maryland lawmakers would be able to shift the balance of power through redistricting, as other states are contemplating.
    Majority Leader David Moon holds a press conference in the hallway of the Maryland State House on Sine Die in Annapolis, Md. on Monday, April 7, 2025.
    The little-known state agency greenlighting utility rate hikes
    The Maryland Public Service Commission approves the proposed rate hikes on customers of BGE and other utility companies. Here’s how it works.
    PSC commissioners question Staff witness Roger Austin about a proposed transmission line project during a Maryland Public Service Commission meeting on May 21, 2025.
    BGE and the $17.5 million truck it says it can’t get anywhere else
    BGE raised customer bills to cover a $17.5 million Ford F-150 β€” a vehicle that state utility regulators at first said was worth about $100,000.
    Pictured is a specialized Ford-150 that BGE uses to check for stray voltage in the area. The cost of using the car has swelled to millions of dollars per year.
    Moore disputes criticisms of reparations bill talks
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s team is pushing back on criticism that the governor considered his own plan to study the thorny issue of reparations before ultimately vetoing a similar proposal from state lawmakers.
    Gov. Wes Moore's chief of staff is challenging lawmakers and advocates about the details of conversations over a General Assembly reparations bill.
    How a daring audit sparked Maryland’s reckoning over police custody deaths
    Research by a psychology professor from Towson University shed new light on how the work of medical examiners suffers from bias.
    Jeff Kukucka, Associate Professor of Psychology at Towson University
    Before Gov. Moore vetoed a reparations study, he drafted his own plan
    Before Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was opposed to creating a commission to study reparations β€” saying it would slow down action β€” he had drafted his own executive order creating a similar commission.
    Gov. Wes Moore takes questions from reporters on Maryland’s sweeping audit of police-custody deaths during a news conference at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md. on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
    State police investigate inmate’s death at Western Maryland prison
    Maryland State Police launched an investigation into the death of a 30-year-old man incarcerated at North Branch Correctional Institution in Allegany County.
    North Branch Correctional Institution, Cumberland, Maryland, on May 11, 2025.
    Free for 15 years, Tyrone Jones finally compensated for wrongful conviction in Baltimore
    Tyrone Jones was initially denied compensation under the Walter Lomax Act because at the time in Maryland, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder had been considered a misdemeanor instead of a felony.
    Tyrone Jones is photographed after dropping off his son at a therapy session in Parkville, Md. on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
    Maryland Medicaid programs could lose $2.7 billion under new federal law
    A new analysis by Maryland health officials finds a potential loss of $2.7 billion over time from the new law passed by Congress.
    Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, shakes hands with Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., as he celebrates with fellow Republicans after final passage of President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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