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Cases handled by officer convicted of drug charges in jeopardy
When Brenda Brown stood before a judge, she figured she had only one real option: plead guilty. She had been caught with three bags of marijuana in her pocket in Northwest Baltimore. She didn't know that Kendell Richburg, the arresting officer, had lied...
Tags: Heroin, Court Preliminary, Lawyers, Cocaine, Judges
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House approves higher gas tax, sending bill to Senate
The House of Delegates voted Friday to raise taxes on gasoline for the first time since 1992, heeding Gov. Martin O'Malley's call for an infusion of money to pay for roads, mass transit and other transportation priorities. House passage, by an unofficial...
Tags: Travel, Road Transportation, Calvert County, Transportation, Michael E. Busch
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Johnson to get new trial in killing of Phylicia Barnes
A Baltimore judge threw out the murder conviction of a man who was to be sentenced Wednesday in the killing of 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes, saying prosecutors withheld information about a key witness from defense attorneys. The second-degree murder...
Tags: Phylicia Barnes, Murder, Lawyers, Punishment, Trials
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O'Malley would support more mayoral control of Baltimore schools
Gov. Martin O'Malley told The Sun on Wednesday that he would be open to political accountability for the state of city schools, according to our Statehouse Reporter Erin Cox. In an interview with Sun editors, the governor said that he would back a...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Regional Authority, Elections, Government, Politics
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Baltimore's gun offender registry upheld
Maryland's second-highest court upheld the constitutionality of Baltimore's gun offender registry, a signature effort to curb gun violence that a city judge had called into question two years ago. The registry requires people convicted of gun crimes...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Laws, Justice System
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'... a horrible year for Maryland taxpayers' [Letter]
Editor: Friends, it has been an honor serving you for the past 11 years. I can't say that the job has gotten easier, as the State marches farther and farther to the left. I really held back on sending out my Annapolis Updates this year, hoping for...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Personal Weapon Control, Maryland General Assembly, Elections, Government
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Measure to delay collection of runoff fees dies in state House
A move to delay controversial new fees to help clean up the Chesapeake Bay failed Monday night, when a Senate-passed measure to postpone the stormwater charges didn't get a vote in the House of Delegates. Earlier Monday evening, the Maryland Senate voted...
Tags: Business, Environmental Issues, Baltimore County, Politics, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Column: Gun laws and human nature
In 1983 when President Ronald Reagan ordered the deployment of missiles in Europe as part of his "peace through strength" strategy to counter the Soviet Union, the very liberal town of Takoma Park, Md., declared itself a "nuclear free zone." City...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Laws, Ronald Reagan, Shootings, Criminals
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Assembly approves shake-up of Prince George's schools
The House of Delegates gave final approval Saturday to legislation that will give the Prince George's County executive an unprecedented level of authority over the county's troubled school system. The bill now goes to Gov. Martin O'Malley, who has...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Teaching and Learning, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Career and Workplace, Education
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Two-tier Maryland licenses approved for illegal immigrants
Maryland is poised to become the only state on the East Coast to issue driver's licenses to immigrants here illegally under a bill passed by state lawmakers Friday. The legislation, which Gov. Martin O'Malley plans to sign, would revive a two-tier...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Victor R. Ramirez, Laws, Immigration, Government
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Md. House passes partial takeover of troubled Prince George's schools
The House of Delegates passed a bill Saturday that would give the Prince George's County executive an unprecedented responsibility for the county's troubled school system. The legislation, approved after the House agreed to the Senate's rewrite of the...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Rushern Baker
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Miller gas tax gambit: Flawed, but perhaps necessary
Those things that make Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller a formidable adversary in Annapolis can sure come in handy sometimes. This week, he single-handedly restored to relevancy one of the most important issues facing Maryland — a looming...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Local Government, Politics, Petroleum Industry, Baltimore Red Line
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