Maryland lawmakers are putting transit priorities, including Baltimore’s Red Line, on hold due to bleak federal funding prospects and a search for savings in the state budget, while some lawmakers argue that investing in transit is essential for economic growth and rural transit agencies are struggling to provide reliable service.
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Maryland considers shake-up in how judges are picked
Maryland lawmakers are considering two bills that would shake up how the state chooses circuit court judges, with one bill aiming to improve the existing contested election process and the other aiming to eliminate contested circuit court elections altogether.
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Lawmakers debate the sentencing of youth as adults
Maryland lawmakers are debating a bill that would scale back the state’s practice of automatically placing teenage defendants in adult court, with the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee passing a pared-down version of the proposal.
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Should Maryland grant parole to more elderly and ill inmates? Lawmakers disagree.
Maryland lawmakers are divided on whether to reform the state’s medical and geriatric parole programs, which have rarely approved medical parole requests for older and seriously ill inmates.
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Police drones are flying over Maryland. Will state lawmakers regulate them?
Montgomery County police are using drones to help fight crime, with four drones responding to nearly 2,000 calls since the program’s launch, and Maryland lawmakers are considering regulating the use of drones for police responses.