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Maryland Collects Over $17.5M In Cannabis Tax Revenue, Central Region Leads Sales
The Bay Net - Maryland
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June 13, 2025
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Maryland Office of the Comptroller today announced that the State of Maryland collected more than $17.5 million in cannabis sales tax revenue between January and March 2025, with the largest share of revenue generated in...
Baltimore judge proposes slashing city's $266 million opioid verdict or new trial
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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A Baltimore judge on Thursday proposed reducing the city's $266 million settlement from a verdict against two drug distributors, suggesting that the companies pay just under $52 million or receive a new trial to determine damages. In a 96-page...
Maryland Attorney General Joins 21 Other States Opposing Trump’s Military Deployment in State of California
Southern Maryland News Net
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June 13, 2025
(U.S. Army photo by Capt. Alex Werden) United States Northern Command On June 12th, 2025, US District Judge Charles Breyer ruled that President Donald Trump unlawfully federalized thousands of members of California’s National Guard and ordered the...
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott appoints Otis Rolley as president and CEO of Baltimore Development Corporation
Baltimore Afro-American - Maryland
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June 13, 2025
Baltimore Government Veteran with National Expertise Returns Home to Lead City’s Economic Development Otis Rolley is set to become the next president and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corporation. He will step into the role on June 23, 2025,...
Judge blocks Trump’s election order, siding with 19 attorneys general who called it overreach
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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June 13, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to overhaul elections in the U.S., siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who challenged the effort as unconstitutional. Trump’s order, issued...
Things To Do In Southern Maryland June 13 Through June 19, 2025
The Bay Net - Maryland
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June 13, 2025
SOUTHERN MARYLAND – Father’s Day weekend is packed with ways to celebrate dad—from crab feasts to classic car shows and family festivals. Add in Juneteenth events, art shows, and local markets, and Southern Maryland is full of culture, creativity,...
Trump signs California vehicle emission waiver reversal into law
Repairer Driven News - Michigan
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June 13, 2025
President Donald Trump has signed into law three Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions disapproving California’s vehicle emission waivers. The U.S. House passed the reversal of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s approval of a waiver...
Otis Rolley selected to lead the Baltimore Development Corp.
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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June 13, 2025
The Baltimore Development Corporation’s next leader will be Otis Rolley, Mayor Brandon Scott announced on Friday, following a monthslong search. Rolley, a longtime Baltimore resident, is the first African American man to lead the city’s agency,...
$550M Bribery Scandal: Maryland USAID Officer, Executives Admit Guilt In Decade-Long Scheme
The Bay Net - Maryland
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June 13, 2025
GREENBELT, Md. – Four men, including a government contracting officer for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and three owners and presidents of companies, have pleaded guilty for their roles in a decade-long bribery...
Continuing the mission: Honoring military veterans in law enforcement
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 13, 2025
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MD., MARYLAND, UNITED STATES 05.22.2025 In the Air Force, we often talk about our mission, our capabilities, and our global impact. But today I want to focus on something at the very core: our values. Recently, I had the...
3 Maryland men plead guilty to $550M bribery scheme
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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June 13, 2025
Three Maryland men – including a former government contracting officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development – have pleaded guilty to a decade-long bribery scheme involving at least 14 federal contracts worth more than $550 million,...
Heading to Trump’s military parade? Here’s everything you need to know
Fox News
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June 13, 2025
President Donald Trump said that those who hate the U.S. and attempt to protest the parade will face a 'heavy force' in response. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As the U.S. Army celebrates its 250th anniversary this Saturday, hundreds...
2,000 'No Kings' Protests Scheduled Nationwide To Counter Trump’s Birthday, DC Military Parade
Daily Voice
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June 13, 2025
Scheduled to take place in about 2,000 locations on Saturday, June 14, the demonstrations aim to push back against what organizers describe as a display of “strongman politics” and “ego-driven theatrics.” The military parade coincides with Flag...
Miyares leans in on law-and-order message ahead of 2025 election
Northern Neck News - Virginia
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“I wish more commonwealth’s attorneys would heed my call to listen to victims. Too many haven’t,” Attorney General Jason Miyares said in an interview with The Mercury this week. (Photo by Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) As protests erupt again in Los...
6:00 a.m. the law the law The Highly Political Prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia By Elie Honig There are several stark clues in how Trump’s Justice Department is proceeding with the case.
New York Mag
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June 13, 2025
Photo: Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times/Redux There is nothing at all remarkable about the Justice Department’s indictment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, on its face. If not for the politically electrified name on the defendant’s side of the “v.”, nobody...
Trump's military parade: What to know ahead of Saturday's event
Yahoo News
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President Donald Trump on Saturday is set to host a major military parade in Washington celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary. The event is expected to cost tens of millions of dollars, according to defense officials, and will feature thousands...
Vermont opposes Trump's military deployment in California
Bennington Banner - Vermont
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MONTPELIER – Attorney General Charity Clark announced she has filed an amicus brief with leaders from 21 states supporting California’s request for a court order blocking the President’s federalization and deployment of that state’s National...
New FDA-Approved Allergy Spray Now Allowed In Maryland Schools
The Bay Net - Maryland
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June 13, 2025
LA PLATA, Md. — Charles County Public Schools has begun updating its emergency allergy-response policy to comply with a new Maryland law requiring all public schools to stock and administer FDA-approved emergency use epinephrine treatments. These...
Trump’s military response to LA supercharges No Kings Day protests across Maryland
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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June 13, 2025
Marian Figlio will be at the Maryland State House on Saturday morning, cheering as a costumed reenactor portrays George Washington resigning his military commission. She helped organize this No Kings Day protest in Annapolis, one of hundreds...
Grace Ann Kubofcik, Howard County government civic watchdog, dies
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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June 13, 2025
Grace Ann Kubofcik, a Howard County government civic watchdog, died of a pulmonary blood clot June 9 at Howard County General Hospital. The Ellicott City resident was 83. “She paid close attention to social, economic and environmental justice,”...