Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown

Maryland leads the country in an alarming datapoint: seventy percent of the state’s prison population is African American, in a state that is only one-third Black. We speak with the attorney general and the state’s top public defender about a new effort to end this disparity.

The Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative (MEJC) will bring experts from the criminal justice system, academia, government and the community together to identify the underlying causes of mass incarceration.

“Just like Big Tobacco did a generation ago, Meta has chosen to maximize its profits at the expense of public health, specifically the health of our children.”

The attorney general described it as one of the largest fines for environmental crimes in the state’s history.

As the number of concealed carry permit holders skyrockets in Maryland, the state set limits as to where they can take their guns

Hundreds of cases are expected to be filed against the Baltimore Catholic Archdiocese.

University of Maryland Baltimore and Maryland Eastern Shore – a historically-Black university – say duplicate programs will harm opportunities for students in latest degree-copying cases.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor ordered the attorney general’s office may release a copy of the report with the redactions lifted next month.

Maryland law does not require Catholic Relief Services to extend health benefits to an employee’s same-sex spouse, the Supreme Court of Maryland ruled Monday.

“The families who are affected by crime and violence, that reduction does not matter to those families.”