All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 9 2023 // At least two people died, thousands of U.S. flights were canceled or delayed, and more than 1.1 million homes and businesses lost power Monday as severe storms, including hail and lightning, moved through the eastern...
Aug 3 2023 // The estate of a Maryland man who, along with one of his children, was killed in a fire in his home is not entitled to all of the proceeds from the fire insurance policy because the homeowner still had a remaining mortgage...
Jul 7 2023 // A Maryland board approved $2.9 million in compensation Wednesday for a man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years, including a decade on death row, for two murders he did not commit.John Huffington was pardoned by former...
Jul 5 2023 // Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown reported that his office’s consumer protection unit has reached a settlement with used car retailer CarMax, Inc. over its alleged failure to disclose open safety recalls on...
Jul 3 2023 // Maryland is becoming the latest state to legally sell recreational marijuana, as businesses aim to tap into July Fourth festivities to kick off sales.About 100 stores already licensed to sell cannabis for medicinal...
Jun 15 2023 // A judge has given Erie Insurance and the Maryland insurance regulator 60 days to settle their differences related to allegations that the insurer unfairly discriminated against Black insurance agents in the Baltimore area...
Jun 14 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Since Congress passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, it’s faced many challenges, and the newest comes from a court case recently decided by a judge in...
May 31 2023 // Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has filed two lawsuits seeking to hold multiple chemical manufacturers accountable for contamination of the state’s natural resources and harm to public health from their...
May 19 2023 // The National Rifle Association’s lobbying arm sued to block Maryland from enforcing new gun-control measures that enhance requirements for obtaining concealed-carry permits and restrict firearms in sensitive areas...
May 18 2023 // Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed gun-control measures into law on Tuesday, after lawmakers passed measures this year in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.The high court’s ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol...
May 11 2023 // After Maryland lawmakers recently eliminated the statute of limitations for child sex abuse lawsuits amid heightened scrutiny of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, civil rights attorney Ben Crump announced plans Tuesday to...
May 9 2023 // A Maryland widow is entitled to her late husband’s workers’ compensation death benefits because she was dependent upon her husband at the time of his disablement, a Maryland appeals court has ruled.The appeals...
May 8 2023 // Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has signed legislation to end Maryland’s statute of limitations on when child sexual abuse lawsuits can be filed against institutions.Under current law, Marylanders who say they were sexually...
Apr 14 2023 // Gov. Wes Moore signed legislation on Tuesday to end Maryland’s statute of limitations for when civil lawsuits for child sexual abuse can be filed against institutions.The bill signing comes less than a week after the...
Apr 11 2023 // Maryland lawmakers have passed a bill to end the state’s statute limiting when civil lawsuits over child sex abuse can be filed against public and private entities.Under the Child Victims Act of 2023, actions for...
Apr 6 2023 // Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has released his agency’s report documenting a long history of widespread child sex abuse and systemic cover-up by clergy and others associated with the Archdiocese of...
Mar 24 2023 // The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported it has obtained a default judgment in U.S. District Court in its sex discrimination lawsuit against Green JobWorks.The EEOC filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the...
Mar 14 2023 // A former Maryland police chief was convicted Thursday of intentionally setting fire to buildings belonging to his adversaries, leading various law enforcement agencies on a sprawling investigation that linked a dozen...
Mar 13 2023 // A key panel of Maryland lawmakers on Friday advanced a measure that would end the state’s statute of limitations for when civil lawsuits can be filed against public and private institutions related to child sexual...
Mar 6 2023 // A tanker truck hauling a flammable liquid crashed on a Maryland highway Saturday and caught fire, killing the driver and damaging several homes and vehicles, authorities said.The truck crashed around noon on U.S. 15 in...