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Most States Lag In Health Insurance Sign-Ups
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most states are still lagging when it comes to sign-ups under President Barack Obama’s health care law, but an Associated Press analysis of numbers reported Wednesday finds a dozen...
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Bills Would Allow Expungements For More Offenses
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Some of Maryland’s senators are impatient for a law that would let people get certain felonies, or at least a greater range of misdemeanors, cleared off their records. Bills on...
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Obama Administration Issues Health Law Fix For State-Run Websites
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration quietly issued a health law fix Thursday to help states that have had technical problems running their own enrollment websites. It could stir up critics but...
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Federal Court In Greenbelt Hosting Law Day
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler will be the keynote speaker when students from several high schools visit the federal courthouse in Greenbelt to celebrate Law Day. Students...
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New Law Provides Harsher Punishments For Home Invasions
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Cracking down on violent home invasions. In recent months, Marylanders have been hurt, and even killed, by robbers breaking into their homes. Now the state is toughening up with a new...
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Bill Signed Into Law Making Revenge Porn A Misdemeanor
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Added protections from harassment due to broken relationships are signed into law. Pat Warren reports revenge porn is now a punishable offense. Annmarie Chiarini’s bad breakup...
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Obama Signs Minor Change To D.C. Building Height Law
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed a bill that makes a minor change to the century-old law banning skyscrapers in the nation’s capital. The bill signed by Obama on Friday allows human...
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Mayor Rawlings-Blake Signs ‘Ban The Box’ Bill
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s a controversial bill that could help ex-offenders land a job in Baltimore. On Thursday, Mayor Rawlings-Blake signs it into law. Rick Ritter has more on the so-called “Ban the...
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Saturday, May 31, 2014
We’re live at Dick Gelfman’s Ride Across Maryland in Columbia. The annual event raises money for breast cancer research. Gigi Barnett and Marty Bass learn how to get lawns summer ready.
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New Law Stops Speed Camera Companies From Profiting Per Ticket
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Banning the bounty. A new law takes effect that closes the loophole on who profits from speed camera tickets. Gigi Barnett explains drivers are backing the move. If you speed down a...
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Congress Moves To Block D.C. Pot Decriminalization
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House moved Wednesday to block the nation’s capital from liberalizing its marijuana laws through an amendment to a major spending bill. Democratic Mayor Vincent...
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Reinstated Pastor Defrocked For Officiating Son’s Gay Marriage Transferring...
PHILADELPHIA (WJZ/AP)— A Pennsylvania pastor who was defrocked when he broke church law by presiding over his son’s same-sex wedding is being transferred to a United Methodist church in California....
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Justices: Can’t Make Employers Cover Contraception
WASHINGTON (WJZ) — The Supreme Court rules some businesses don’t have to provide contraceptive coverage to female employees under the Affordable Care Act if the business owners have religious...
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Maryland Gun Control Law Debated In Federal Court
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The debate over Maryland’s newest gun law moves to federal court. A US judge in Baltimore heard arguments Tuesday calling the state’s ban on the sale of assault rifles...
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A Pipeline For What’s Possible In The Law
LAUREN KIRKWOOD The Daily Record BALTIMORE (AP) — Emmanuelle Yeremou-Ngah has her career path all planned out: She wants to become an assistant U.S. attorney and eventually retire as a judge. The...
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ACLU Questions City’s New Youth Curfew Law
BALTIMORE (WJZ) –Curfew controversy. The ACLU is raising concerns as the new curfew law in Baltimore City gets ready to go into effect. Rochelle Ritchie took those concerns to the steps of City Hall,...
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City Leaders: Baltimore Youth Curfew Already Working
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s been one week since Baltimore launched one of the strictest youth curfews in the nation. City leaders say it’s already working to get children off the streets. The curfew law has...
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D.C. Proposes Concealed-Carry Licensing Program
WASHINGTON (AP) — Residents of the nation’s capital will be able to get licenses to carry concealed handguns outside the home, but only after they provide a specific reason for needing one, officials...
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Expanded ‘Move Over’ Law To Include Tow Trucks
PIKESVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland law requires drivers to move over one lane if a police or fire vehicle is pulled over on the side of the road. But now, a new expansion of that law will apply to...
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Law License Suspended For Md. Lawyer Whose Client Was Killed
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore County attorney who inadvertently shared information that led to a client’s murder has agreed to an indefinite suspension of his law license, court records show. Larry...
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