Wednesday morning at the Annapolis Summit, a legislative conference hosted by The Mark Steiner Show and The Daily Record, Governor Larry Hogan, House Speaker Michael E. Busch, of Anne Arundel County,…
The Maryland Association of County Civil Attorneys (a MACo affiliate) received updates and discussed legal issues with Attorney General Brian Frosh and others at their 2016 conference on 2016-10-25. The annual…
The Washington Post's Ovetta Wiggins wrote this week on the passage of the mush-discussed "Justice Reinvestment" legislation, passed this session in Maryland (as many other states have effected similar measures).…
The White House has launched a new initiative that requires participating jurisdictions to use data to reduce their jail populations. The initiative strives to divert low-risk and mentally ill individuals…
The State must balance its budget, yes. . . but how does the State budget balance according to county concerns? As this year's budget acrobatics draw to a close - the…
A recent high-profile case in Baltimore City has raised issues relating to bail and the State's pretrial system. As editorialized in the Baltimore Sun: The scenario underscores why a recommendation…
The longstanding issues with pretrial hearings - where a good resolution is among MACo's top initiatives for the 2015 session - heated up yesterday as the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee…
The latest meeting of the Governor's Commission to Reform Maryland’s Pretrial System focused on narrowing down proposed subcommittee recommendations to include in the Commission’s report to the Governor. A large…
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