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Some of Maryland's top lawyers launched a fresh drive Monday to get poor people represented by attorneys in civil cases, hoping to spare the vulnerable from what they see as predatory legal practices like buying out lead paint settlements for cents on the dollar.

France and the United States have reached an agreement under which Holocaust victims who were transported to Germany by the French national railway will receive reparations, potentially defusing a long-running dispute in Annapolis.

Representatives of the game machine businesses have lost a round in their fight against proposed state regulations that they say could cripple the industry.

There can be more to lose than gain for elected officials who endorse in a primary election. Just ask Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett.

Long lines on Election Day in Maryland and elsewhere have prompted calls by state and federal lawmakers to speed up the process of casting a ballot.

Executives of Caesars Entertainment, the leading bidder for a slots parlor in Baltimore, gave lawmakers explicit assurances Friday that their company will not abandon the city for Prince George's County if the General Assembly approves a casino there.

A Patterson Park activist told state lawmakers Tuesday that he backs a proposal to fine homeowners caught getting unwarranted homestead credits on their property tax bills.

The descendants of Holocaust victims, the survivors and the French railroad continue a lengthy battle over history and fairness — specifically whether the rail company should be liable for transporting some 76,000 Jews and others to Nazi death camps.