Category: Baltimore News

A lawsuit against the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) seeking parity between the state’s Black and White colleges is making progress, according to an attorney representing the plaintiffs. Prospective students, current students and alumni of three of the state’s four historically Black universities filed the suit to end alleged “state-sponsored discrimination,” claiming the MHEC has […]

ANNAPOLIS – After 20 years and two children together, Silver Spring couple Ellen Kahn and Julie Drizin married in Washington in March, just days after the city began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Under a February legal opinion by Attorney General Douglas Gansler, Kahn and Drizin’s union is recognized in Maryland like any other […]

A month after the Obama administration released its blueprint for revising the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), city and state officials gathered in Baltimore for a panel discussion on what that reform would mean for Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS). Within the blueprint, the federal government expects college and career-ready standards to be implemented […]

Daniel Harris Sr. hopes the second defendant in his son’s assault case doesn’t get off as easy as the first one. After agreeing with the prosecutor that a surveillance video shows Susan Nelson hitting 13-year-old autistic child Daniel Harris Jr. on a Baltimore County school bus, District Court Judge G. Darrell Russell Jr. ruled “not […]

A native of Howard County, Md., Marcella Holland laid the groundwork for her bright future while enrolled at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Upon graduation in 1980, she enrolled at the University of Maryland School of Law. While at the Law School, Judge Holland was active in many organizations. She participated in the Black […]

“One Plus One” has equaled more than Baltimore City bargained for, according to solid waste workers. In an effort to save money, the “One Plus One” trash and recycling pickup program—trash and recycling removal once a week—was implemented under the expectation that the city would also become “cleaner and greener.” But disgruntled solid waste workers […]

The 45th person in Maryland to die from swine flu was a Baltimore City resident. Since the virus emerged in the state last May, nine local residents have died from it, including two children under age 18, according to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH). For the past several weeks, the Centers […]

WASHINGTON – Maryland excels in some areas of health care, like breast cancer screening and in-home care, but lags in others, such as pneumonia treatment and the number of HIV-related deaths, according to a new study. The National Healthcare Quality Report, released last week, is an annual checkup on the quality of health care across […]

City Police have arrested two suspects linked to the April 8 murder of Charles Bowman at Yau Brothers Carry Out at 2901 Greenmount Ave. Troy Taylor, 19, turned himself in to authorities late Wednesday. Michael Raphael Hunter, 18, was arrested Thursday afternoon following several anonymous calls from the Waverly area to the city’s crime hotline. […]

WASHINGTON – The University System of Maryland Board of Regents last week was primed to end the four-year moratorium on public university tuition increases with a modest hike proposed in January by Gov. Martin O’Malley. The board met at the University of Maryland University College in Adelphi to vote on the 3 percent increase, which […]

After City Council President Jack Young invited reporters on a tour of two houses he owns in East Baltimore to clear up questions about his residency, he is now accused of purchasing a home with taxpayer dollars intended for poor people. During a news conference last week, Young defended himself by responding to what he […]