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March 20, 2019

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Baltimore Mayor Pugh says she paid taxes on book sales, calls inquiries a 'witch hunt'

Mayor Catherine Pugh says she has properly reported and paid taxes on all sales of her “Healthy Holly” books, and called inquiries into her finances related to those transactions a “witch hunt.”

Maryland lawmakers give final OK to increase minimum wage to $15 an hour

Maryland’s lawmakers have agreed on the details of how to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour, allowing the measure to move to Gov. Larry Hogan, who opposes such a significant increase.

Sons ask court to strip Keith Smith from mother’s estate in killing originally blamed on Baltimore panhandler

Sons of Jacquelyn Smith, who was slain in Baltimore, are asking the court to strip from her husband and alleged killer the control of her estate.

From tiny Cove Point on the Chesapeake, tankers take natural gas around the world. At what cost?

Despite a ban on fracking within Maryland, Dominion Energy's new Cove Point liquefied natural gas export facility in Calvert County has made the state a player in the global LNG market — with U.S. shale gas leaving through Maryland and arriving in countries all across the globe.

Maryland Senate passes renewable energy bill; House outcome uncertain

The Maryland Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would dramatically increase the state’s requirements for renewable energy. The measure faces uncertain odds in the House of Delegates.

Editorial: In Baltimore's lawsuit, we get a preview of the endgame for Pimlico and the Preakness

Whether Baltimore's lawsuit against the owners of Pimlico is successful, it gives a hint of how the dispute over the future of the Preakness might play out.

Morgan State declines to renew basketball coach Todd Bozeman's contract

The Morgan State University men's basketball team will have a new head coach next season. Athletic director Edward Scott announced Wednesday that he’s decided to not renew Todd Bozeman’s contract. Bozeman, 55, served as the Bears head coach from 2006 through 2019.

George C. McGinty, who was Towson University's first women's gymnastics coach and founder of the team, dies

George C. McGinty, Towson University's first women's gymnastics coach, who led the team to postseason competition and a national title, died Thursday of congestive heart failure at his Jarrettsville home. He was 85.

Heavy rain forecast across Baltimore region Thursday from system forecasters say could become a 'bomb cyclone'

An inch or more of rain is forecast to fall across the Baltimore region Thursday as a low-pressure system moves up the East Coast, potentially strengthening into a storm known as a "bomb cyclone," meteorologists said.

On the first day of spring, downtown Baltimore's peregrine falcon pair lays first egg of season

Boh and Barb, the pair of peregrine falcons who nest on a ledge of Baltimore's Transamerica tower, welcomed their first egg of the season on the first day of spring. The Chesapeake Conservancy has been broadcasting their nest live online since 2015.