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• Education

Johns Hopkins University wants its own police department. What would that mean for Baltimore?

The Johns Hopkins University wants its own police department to address rising concerns about crime around its campuses. It would become the first private school in the state to have such a force and the idea is meeting with opposition.

• Politics

Baltimore legislator seeks to prevent senseless shootings, like the one that killed his grandson

Del. Talmadge Branch, whose grandson was killed in a shooting last year, has proposed Maryland invest $3.6 million in Baltimore's Safe Streets program. The program has shown to be effective at reducing shootings and homicides in McElderry Park and other neighborhoods.

By Scott Dance

Feb 20, 2018

• Maryland

State Anatomy Board honors those whose bodies were donated to medical research and education

The Anatomy Board of Maryland held a ceremony to honor those who have donated their bodies to support medical knowledge Monday afternoon at Springfield

• Baltimore City Paper

On the scene as Obama bids farewell

CHICAGO—The scene at the McCormick Place convention center was like a rock concert. Crowds descended on this gargantuan place by the Lake Michigan shore, many

• News

Thanksgiving riot shows dangers at Maryland mental hospitals

Workers in state hospitals and their union say a Thanksgiving riot at Springfield Hospital Center is only the most recent illustration of the dangers state employees face in Maryland health facilities.

By Michael Dresser

Dec 10, 2016

• Maryland

A place with a past: Sykesville buildings once housed thousands of patients

Across from the Sykesville-Freedom District Volunteer Fire Department, tucked behind a row of trees, is a building called the Patterson House. Built in the early 1910s, it's a brick building with white detailing. Behind the building lies the campus of Springfield Hospital Center. The hospital once spanned 1,300 acres in Sykesville with about 4,000 patients.

• Opinion

More gun carnage

Baltimore, Chicago and other cities are a case study on the limits of local gun control, not its perceived failure

• Politics

FBI warns state elections officials about hacking attempts

The FBI warned state elections officials around the country this month to be on their guard against hackers after a breach of voters' personal information in Illinois and an attempt in Arizona.

• Maryland

Illinois-based company gets Md. license to grow, process medical marijuana in Carroll County

• Politics

State hospital workers who expected to be fired will keep jobs

Almost 70 state dietary services workers who were scheduled to be fired as part of a privatization plan will instead keep their jobs, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene confirmed Tuesday.

By Michael Dresser

May 24, 2016

• Opinion

This week in politics: The Teflon Donald

• Opinion

GOP's unrelenting campaign of obstructionism and insult

It's fine to be even-handed and reflective, but in Mr. Obama it has become willful obtuseness regarding race.

• Obituaries

Civil rights icon Julian Bond dies at 75

Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the Baltimore-based NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

By Alison Knezevich

Aug 16, 2015

• Baltimore City Paper

Mr. Wrong: Unofficial pie is better than official cake

• Environmental Science

Fact check: O'Malley lays claim to an ambitious record in Md.

As he looks ahead to a possible run for president, former Gov. Martin O'Malley is drawing heavily on the past — suggesting to voters that his record in Maryland and Baltimore would influence his approach to the White House. Here's a deeper look at some of the claims O'Malley is making on the trail, and the context behind them.

• Opinion

Ben Carson's own words show he's ill-suited to office

Ben Carson isn't qualified to be president, a point he's already proven repeatedly

• Maryland

McMillan honors Lincoln in address to House

• Opinion

U.S. stagnates under Obama

Obama struggles with a job for which he was never qualified

• Maryland

Letter: Shameful acts by President Obama

• Opinion

Why aren't liberal Democrats ever called 'extremists'?

Why is it that conservative Republicans are always called extremists -- even by fellow Republicans like Jeb Bush -- but liberal Democrats never are?

• Opinion

Same-sex marriage seals Obama's fate as a one-term president

Pastor says same-sex marriage support will make Obama a one-term president

• Opinion

Fair representation for all

Congressional redistricting: Instead of gerrymandering single congressional districts, create super-districts that allow every voter's voice to be heard

• Republican Party

Republican Senate Hopefuls Gearing for Uphill Battle

• Kathy Szeliga

Republican senator says Senate president is bullying him

• Rod Blagojevich

Pay To Play: the fall of Rod Blagojevich

• Pat Quinn

Illinois leaders move to raise their gas tax

• Sarah Palin

TNA extends offer to disgraced Illinois Gov. Blagojevich

• Rod Blagojevich

TV and Blagojevich: It's a freakshow, not journalism

• Rod Blagojevich

TV and Blagojevich: It's a freakshow, not journalism

• Sheila Dixon

'09 already rough for Sheila Dixon, other politicos

• Sheila Dixon

'09 already rough for Sheila Dixon, other politicos

• Illinois General Assembly

Baltimore's Schmoke in Illinois Senate-seat fight

• Illinois General Assembly

Baltimore's Schmoke in Illinois Senate-seat fight

• Martin O'Malley

O'Malley: I never shook Blagojevich's hand

• Martin O'Malley

O'Malley: I never shook Blagojevich's hand

• Illinois General Assembly

Rate deal in Illinois

• Illinois General Assembly

Condo vote raises tensions

• Food and Drug Administration

Plan B battle shifts to states

• Architecture

New Comiskey Park is not all that it could be