Politics

Michael Browning had served as manager of Maryland’s largest state park for three decades before he was arrested last fall.

Maskell is accused of abusing at least 39 people and doing nothing about colleagues who also abused children.

The measure moves prosecution authority for fatal police encounters from local state’s attorneys to the Maryland Office of the Attorney General. Gov. Wes Moore plans to sign the bill into law.

For the first time since the Great Recession, the city will balance its budget by tapping a reserve fund typically used for legal settlements.

The cannabis reform bill making its way through the Maryland General Assembly attempts to alleviate some of the risk for banks by placing limitations on the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation, which regulates banking in the state.

A state investigation into the Fleischmann’s Vinegar plant in North Baltimore was prompted by complaints from Blue Water Baltimore, which also filed a lawsuit against the company this week.

Survivors of abuse by Baltimore Catholic Church personnel expressed relief that report was finally public, but some were disappointed so much information had been redacted.

The vote came under special circumstances, with lawmakers suspending the rules so they could fast-track the bill on the significant day.

This time all five members of the board were in the room. But there was no discussion, and no vote taken.

The report identifies 158 priests — most of them already known — within the archdiocese accused of the “sexual abuse” and “physical torture” of more than 600 victims over the past 80 years. Investigators told the court there are likely hundreds more victims.

Baltimore and Maryland school officials need to reverse course and keep Steuart Hill Academic Academy open, a leader of a community activist group says. Cecilia Gonzalez says children and families of the West Baltimore neighborhood surrounding Steuart Hill have been well-served by the elementary school.

Black people in Maryland would still be more likely to face prosecution under the state's current marijuana reform legislation, defense attorneys J. Wyndal Gordon and Warren A. Brown say.

Even running from law enforcement, Roy McGrath sought to get the last word on his criminal case.

Authorities described the encounter as an “agent-involved shooting,” and it was not immediately clear if FBI agents shot McGrath, or he shot himself.

When the General Assembly wraps up Monday and lawmakers head home, they’ll talk about their accomplishments and failures. Headline-grabbing big bills will feature in that conversation. But so will less splashy matters, like rewriting a 32-year-old law on trees.

“I don’t want to leave anybody behind," said Sharon Colburn, who directs animal services in Baltimore.

Gov. Wes Moore tapped the decorated military leader and current assistant adjutant general to lead the state’s military reserve forces.

The vote comes after a Feb. 14 report sparked protests and calls for the county auditor’s termination over a description of race.

The ex-chief of staff for former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan had been the focus of a three-week manhunt after failing to show up for his federal fraud trial.

Paul Monteiro, who was national director of AmeriCorps VISTA, will be the first person to lead the new Department of Service and Civic Innovation that Gov. Wes Moore established on his first full day in office in January. Moore hopes Monteiro will be confirmed by the Maryland Senate before the end of the General Assembly session next Monday.