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School background checks are law, but educators slip through the cracks, audit finds

by Shelly Hettleman | Jan 30, 2026 | Latest News

BY KRISTEN GRIFFITH THE BALTIMORE BANNER JANUARY 30, 2026 Three Maryland school systems do not regularly screen their job applicants, despite a state law requiring them to do so. That’s among the findings in a recent audit of the Maryland State Department of...

Public Defender’s Office legislative priorities include more funding, more equitable sentencing

by Shelly Hettleman | Jan 21, 2026 | Latest News

BY WILLIAM J. FORD MARYLAND MATTERS JANUARY 21, 2026 The Maryland Office of the Public Defender laid out a legislative agenda Wednesday that calls for more funding for the office as well changes to sentencing and search laws, among others, that will help public...

Marking the 200th Anniversary of the So-Called ‘Jew Bill’

by Shelly Hettleman | Jan 13, 2026 | Latest News

BY PAULA MINSK BALTIMORE JEWISH TIMES JANUARY 13, 2026 In January 1826, the state of Maryland passed the so-called “Jew Bill.” The 200th anniversary of the bill being enacted into law was last week. The Maryland state legislature will hold an event in February, during...

Bicentennial of Maryland’s Landmark ‘Jew Bill’ Observed This Week

by Shelly Hettleman | Jan 6, 2026 | Latest News

BY ALAN FEILER JMORE JANUARY 6, 2026 Thomas Kennedy reportedly never actually met a Jew during his lifetime. But that still didn’t prevent him from doing what he felt was right. Kennedy – who was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1776 and died in Hagerstown in 1832 —...

Sen. Shelly L. Hettleman Seeks Justice for Sexual Assault Survivors

by Shelly Hettleman | Jan 5, 2026 | Latest News

BY SIMONE ELLIN JMORE JANUARY 5, 2026 Not long after she was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2015, Sen. Shelly L. Hettleman (D–11th) read a newspaper article that deeply disturbed her. It was about a young woman in Baltimore County who was raped. The...

Musical chairs in the Senate, Schindler takes up grave matters and new judges, in political notes

by Shelly Hettleman | Dec 10, 2025 | Latest News

BY WILLIAM J. FORD MARYLAND MATTERS DECEMBER 10, 2025 If it was supposed to be musical chairs, it was a short song. Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) announced committee chairs for the 2026 General Assembly, his seventh as president, but most of the...
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