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University of Chicago police history may offer lessons for Hopkins, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University is again trying to convince the Maryland General Assembly that the university and other JHU institutions need a full-blown private police force for campus security – arguing that other prestigious private universities in cities like Baltimore have seen results with their campus police.
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Md. bill would allow some noncitizens to be police officers
If passed, legal, permanent residents who served honorably in the U.S. military could apply. Currently, officer candidates must be U.S. citizens in Maryland.
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Maryland bill would prohibit using DNA databases to solve crimes
House Bill 30 would ban searches of consumer genetic databases such as 23andMe or ancestry.com, where suspected criminals could be identified through family members who’ve uploaded their data to the websites.
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Maryland bill allowing unspecified gender on licenses advances
The bill requires an application for a license to allow someone to identify as female, male or unspecified.
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Maryland’s 911 system is overdue for an upgrade, state lawmaker says
A Maryland lawmaker said the bottom line is that the current 911 system must be made more reliable and more resilient.
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What matters most to Marylanders? Pocketbook issues
A new Goucher Poll asked Maryland residents about their opinions toward the direction of the state, the most important issue facing Maryland and their trust in state. Here are the results.
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Md. lawmakers hear bills on police body cameras, marijuana use in cars
Maryland lawmakers are hearing bills that propose ways of dealing with privacy in police body camera footage and marijuana use in vehicles.
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Maryland debates raising age to buy tobacco products
Six states and the District of Columbia have already raised the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21, and Virginia is on track to enact similar legislation.
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Md. State Police have sought reviews of handgun permit board decisions 22 times since Oct.
In the last four months, the state police have appealed nearly two dozen decisions by the Handgun Permit Review Board, a panel that has attracted scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers for its tendency to issue handgun permits contrary to state police recommendations.
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Maryland poll shows strong support for assembly Dems’ progressive agenda
Democrats in the Maryland General Assembly are advancing a progressive agenda this year – and voters largely approve.
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Maryland bill aims to make Holocaust education in schools a requirement
Alarmed by a study that shows millennials know little about the Holocaust, a Maryland state senator is urging his colleagues in the General Assembly to pass a bill that would require that a unit on the topic be included in schools.
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Maryland lawmakers working to maintain $250 penalty for drivers who pass stopped school buses
Democratic Del. Lesley Lopez, who represents Montgomery County, testified on House Bill 343, which deals with penalties for drivers who pass stopped school buses on Maryland roadways.
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Potential new Bay Bridge crossings revealed
It’s been talked about for several years, and now the state of Maryland and the Federal Highway Administration are conducting a $5 million study to look at where a new Chesapeake Bay Bridge crossing might work best, with more than a dozen options considered.
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Maryland legislature to conduct harassment climate survey
The House speaker and Senate president announced that the Maryland General Assembly will conduct a workplace climate survey as part of ongoing efforts to stop sexual harassment.
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Md. lawmakers propose commission to confront dark history of lynchings
House Bill 307 would establish a commission to undertake a yearslong mission to document the known — and so far unknown — incidents of lynchings in the state of Maryland.
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