All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 16 2025 // In the days before Javarick Gantt was strangled to death in jail, he was forced to share a cell with a first-degree murder suspect whose violent behavior had already alarmed his previous cellmate, according to a lawsuit...
May 28 2025 // Criswell Chevrolet, Inc., a Maryland car dealership group, violated federal law by refusing to allow a parts department worker to have a service dog at work as a reasonable accommodation for his post-traumatic stress...
May 21 2025 // DoorDash said it is expanding its benefits savings program with a new pilot in Maryland for eligible drivers.Expenses covered under this program can include retirement savings, health, dental, and vision insurance, and...
May 20 2025 // An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 deaths in police custody that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a comprehensive review of such cases spurred by...
May 16 2025 // Officials found the body of a 12-year-old boy who was swept away by rushing water on a Virginia roadway during a storm system that also forced a dozen students to stay overnight at a Maryland high school due to heavy rains...
May 9 2025 // California-based insurance brokerage ALKEME announced its acquisition of Becker Benefit Group, an employee benefits agency based in Towson, Maryland. This marks ALKEME’s first acquisition in the state.Becker Benefit...
May 5 2025 // Maryland’s insurance regulator has announced actions to settle a long-running dispute with Erie Insurance Group over a report on the insurer’s practices involving some urban agents and their insureds.The...
Apr 30 2025 // Patti Dorn Maryland Insurance Commissioner Marie Grant appointed Patricia Dorn as associate commissioner for consumer education and advocacy at the Maryland Insurance Administration. Dorn, who has served at the Maryland...
Apr 24 2025 // Maryland, which in 2023 passed the Child Victims Act (CVA) that allows survivors who were victims of sexual abuse as minors to sue their abusers anytime, has now cut by half the amounts that may be awarded in such...
Apr 7 2025 // Maryland lawmakers passed a measure Saturday to try to limit future liabilities from claims of sexual abuse at state and private institutions after thousands of people unexpectedly came forward with allegations of abuse,...
Apr 7 2025 // The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is harshly criticizing Maryland officials for failing to conduct a risk assessment of the Francis Scott Key Bridge before it collapsed a year ago and is recommending that 30...
Mar 24 2025 // Arlando “Tray” Jones was a toddler when his dad was killed by Baltimore police during a robbery. His mom died several years later after battling alcoholism.His surviving relatives often struggled to provide for...
Mar 21 2025 // The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is harshly criticizing Maryland officials for failing to conduct a risk assessment of the Francis Scott Key Bridge before it collapsed a year ago and is recommending that 30...
Mar 14 2025 // Maryland’s insurance regulator has announced actions to settle a long-running dispute with Erie Insurance Group over a report on the insurer’s practices involving some urban agents and their insureds.The...
Mar 10 2025 // Worker misclassification in Maryland is widespread, leaving thousands of workers without injury protection and depriving insurance companies of more than $58 million in workers’ compensation premiums each year,...
Mar 7 2025 // The number of wildfires in Maryland during 2024 was much higher than the ten-year average, but acreage burned was significantly lower. In Maryland, 165 fires burned 953.4 acres during 2024, compared to 199 wildfires in...
Mar 3 2025 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co. has filed for an 8% net rate decrease with the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) effective April 1, 2025.The nonprofit company, which is the state’s insurer of last...
Feb 27 2025 // A Maryland woman pleaded guilty to defrauding USAA Insurance out of more than $58,000 in water damage claims by using faked invoices and photos. She was sentenced this week to five years in prison, but a judge suspended...
Feb 24 2025 // Worker misclassification in Maryland is widespread, leaving thousands of workers without injury protection and depriving insurance companies of more than $58 million in workers’ compensation premiums each year,...
Feb 4 2025 // The Maryland Supreme Court, in a 4-3 ruling, has upheld the Child Victims Act as constitutional.The Child Victims Act (CVA) enacted in 2023 eliminates restrictions put in place in 2017 that had prevented many adult victims...