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Maryland anticipates $600 million in first year of adult-use cannabis sales

For several months, the General Assembly has been dealing with a post-election series of departures and appointments.

Scientists say seagrass acreage is expanding and the bay's toxic "dead zone" could shrink by as much as a third this year.

The revived east-west Red Line project will bring Baltimore communities together and provide a range of benefits to residents across the Baltimore region, say Gov. Wes Moore, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.

A revived Red Line to connect East and West Baltimore is long overdue and will spur economic growth throughout the city and region, say Mark Anthony Thomas, CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, and Kathy E. Hollinger, CEO of the Greater Washington Partnership.

The Republican politician said a candidacy filing with the Federal Election Commission wasn’t done by him, and he’s asked the commission to investigate. He says he’s still thinking about whether to run.

John Huffington was wrongly convicted of double murder in Harford County in 1981, in a case so flawed that the lead prosecutor was ultimately disbarred for his conduct in the case. Huffington was pardoned earlier this year.

An investigation found that the state improperly rounded up and rounded down the hours worked by employees at state-run prisons and jails, cheating them out of pay they had earned.

Maryland’s strict wiretapping law forbids not only the act of secretly recording someone’s voice, but any attempt to share an illicit recording — by anyone.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore visited the Brooklyn neighborhood Tuesday, where he other officials answered for what some residents called a lack of resources until tragedy struck.

Those fighting for social and economic justice in America must redouble their efforts in response to setbacks such the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action, columnist E.R. Shipp says.

Partnerships using public and private investment are benefiting infrastructure projects such as the expansion of Baltimore's Howard Street Tunnel and B&O Railroad Museum improvements, Ed McDonald, a commissioner at the Maryland Port Administration, says.

People thronged cannabis dispensaries across the Baltimore region Saturday, eager to see, learn about and try the products that those 21 and over with a state-issued ID are now able to purchase for recreational use.

Expect lines and fun, but be prepared to use cash or cannabis-specific financial apps to make your purchase.

When recreational cannabis sales launch July 1, Maryland will initially rely on nearly 100 existing medical cannabis dispensaries who have paid a fee in order to sell to recreational customers as well.

Maryland's gas tax increases each year based on inflation, and this year's bump will bring the tax to 47 cents per gallon.

This comic gives you the essentials about Maryland’s new recreational cannabis law.

A new study by Lendio shows Maryland is the second-best state in the country for minority entrepreneurs to succeed. (Hawaii was first and Montana was last.)

Maryland may be later than many other states in legalizing cannabis, but those who wrote the state’s laws hope they’ve avoided the problems that have plagued other states: Lack of product, lack of diversity in the industry, and taxes so high that people kept buying on the black market.

Maryland Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury is the right choice to continue leading the state's public education system and criticism of his tenure often has been unfounded, says Owen Silverman Andrews, a teacher, community organizer and education policy advocate.