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VICTORY! Baltimore County Council REJECTS Kamenetz and Section 8 Renting Bill

Aug 2, 2016 | 11:23am
The Baltimore County Council rejected a bill Monday that would have made it illegal for landlords to discriminate against prospective tenants who use government housing vouchers to pay their rent. The council was required to consider the bill as part of a settlement of a housing discrimination complaint negotiated between the county government and the […]

Lawmaker: ‘Did Climate Change Kill Two People in Ellicott City?’

Aug 2, 2016 | 10:49am
A state lawmaker suggested Monday that climate change could be to blame for the flash-flood that killed two people and destroyed much of historic Ellicott City Saturday night. “The deaths and damage caused by this weekend’s flash flood in Ellicott City, as well as the damage caused elsewhere, reminds us that climate change is about […]

Items Stolen From Portalli’s Restaurant in Ellicott City After Flooding

Aug 1, 2016 | 2:54pm
Evan Brown, owner of Portalli’s in Ellicott City, had come to survey the damage to his Italian restaurant Sunday afternoon following the disastrous flood that ravaged the historic district when he ran into a woman walking out, arms full of liquor bottles. Brown was incredulous. The whole first floor had already been wrecked; floodwaters had […]

FREDDIE GRAY: Leaked Text Messages Between Prosecutor’s Deputy & Investigator Add New Twist

Aug 1, 2016 | 10:43am
Leaked text messages between one of Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s deputies and the lead investigator in the Freddie Gray case are raising new concerns about whether politics played a role in the decision to charge six officers with his death. Fox News’ Trace Gallagher reported that the leaked messages suggest that the prosecutors planned […]

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voter ID Requirement

Aug 1, 2016 | 10:30am
A federal appeals court decisively struck down North Carolina’s voter identification law on Friday, saying its provisions deliberately “target African-Americans with almost surgical precision” in an effort to depress black turnout at the polls.   The sweeping 83-page decision by a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upended voting […]