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 Wednesday, Jan 9 With spouses and children by their sides, Maryland's 188 lawmakers were sworn into office. While lawmakers are expected to hash out tricky issues over the next 90 days, the first day was largely reserved for celebration and optimism. |   | |
| As Maryland lawmakers got back to work, Gov. Larry Hogan expressed doubts about the wisdom of increasing the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. Hogan questioned whether raising it would put Maryland at a disadvantage for attracting businesses. He noted that Virginia’s minimum wage is $7.25. |
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| A former Maryland state representative has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Governor Larry Hogan and Attorney General Brian Frosh, taking aim at a controversial executive order denying contracts to businesses that boycott Israel. |
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| Greg Chimera was named Johns Hopkins interim football coach Wednesday, a week after the death of Jim Margraff, who led the Blue Jays for 29 seasons. |
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| Longtime state Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller used a cane Wednesday on the first day of Maryland’s General Assembly session and said he has hip and knee problems. |
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| A man and a 19-month-old boy walked into Sinai Hospital in Baltimore after being injured in a shooting Wednesday afternoon, police said. |
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| Water rates in Baltimore will go up 30 percent over the next three years after a vote by the city’s spending board Wednesday. The vote followed a Department of Public Works presentation in support of the increase and public testimony against it. |
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| Ben Coleman, who died Sunday at age 57, was an all-ACC player as a junior and senior after transferring from Minnesota to Maryland in 1983. |
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| Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday that the departure of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein would threaten Robert Mueller's Russia investigation at a time when the integrity of the Justice Department "is under assault" by President Donald Trump. |
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| Planet Fitness will open in the soon-to-be vacated Marshalls space in Mondawmin Mall |
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