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January 4, 2019

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9 key issues that will dominate the 2019 Maryland General Assembly session, which starts Wednesday

Friday, Jan 4

Maryland’s 188 lawmakers go back to work Jan. 9 for their annual 90-day General Assembly session. Top issues include money for schools, legalizing sports betting and raising the minimum hourly wage in the state to $15.

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Baltimore and Maryland are among the cities and states facing the worst economic impact of the opioid overdose crisis

Baltimore and Maryland both ranked in the top five of the cities and states that have endured the biggest economic cost from the opioid overdose crisis, a study finds.

Preston: Receivers are key to the Ravens' running game, too

For every run that nets more than 10 yards, some receiver such as John Brown, Michael Crabtree or Willie Snead IV is out there tying up a linebacker, safety or cornerback.

Scouting report for Sunday's Ravens-Chargers wild-card game

Find out how the Ravens stack up in a rematch against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Former Ravens safety Ed Reed named Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist

Former Ravens safety Ed Reed must receive 80 percent of a positive vote from the Hall of Fame selection committee Feb. 2 to be elected.

Police commissioner nominee Fitzgerald not visiting Baltimore because of family medical emergency, mayor says

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s office says she is postponing community meetings with her nominee for police commission, Joel Fitzgerald, citing a medical issue in his family. The mayor’s office called the issue an “unexpected medical emergency having to do with his son" which requires surgery.

House Democrats pass plan to re-open government without funding for border wall as Trump digs in

On their first day in the majority, House Democrats on Thursday night passed a plan to re-open the government without funding Trump's promised border wall.

After warnings from Baltimore firefighters union, Mayor Pugh plans to buy new $1.2 million firetruck

Mayor Catherine Pugh has promised the Fire Department an extra $1.2 million firetruck in her 2020 fiscal year budget, the department said Thursday, after the firefighters union warned that two out-of-service trucks in Northwest Baltimore could affect response times.

A black hockey player on an Anne Arundel County youth squad faced ugly racial taunts. Then his teammates went to work

Youth hockey player Divyne Apollon II of the Odenton-based Metro Maple Leafs and his family were heartened by the response of his teammates to racist taunts at a tournament last weekend.

Johns Hopkins creates fund to honor rheumatologist killed in hit-and-run

Johns Hopkins Medicine has created a fund to honor a rheumatologist killed in a hit-and-run crash near Green Spring Station last month.

Trial delayed for Severna Park man accused of killing Bowie State student in hate crime

A judge has granted prosecutors’ request to delay the trial of a man accused of killing Bowie State University student 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III in a 2017 hate crime.