Court Administration

Boston bombing brings out the new xenophobes

2013-05-01 00:00:00

The Boston Marathon bombing has brought out the xenophobes. Often when America suffers some large, inexplicable tragedy, we want to blame "foreigners" and look for ways to fortify ourselves against them. It's more reassuring to believe that an evil lies...

Ban on cell phones lifted in Bel Air courthouse, two years after everywhere else in Maryland

2013-04-19 03:10:00

Starting this past Monday, people with business in the Harford County Courthouse are no longer sent back to their cars if they're carrying cell phones. The restriction against cell phones in the courthouse was lifted this week, more than two years after...

Applicants for Harford District Court judgeship sought

2013-03-07 14:12:00

The Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts is seeking applicants for the Harford County District Court judgeship left vacant by the retirement of Judge John L. Dunnigan, who left the bench effective March 1. Any lawyer interested in applying is...

Balto. Co. Council approves retirement bill fought by unions

2013-02-19 21:17:00

Ignoring pleas from union leaders and the county's Annapolis delegation, the Baltimore County Council approved a bill Tuesday changing how county employees can appeal decisions about retirement benefits. The council voted 6-1 in favor of the bill,...

Carroll County Sheriff's Office honors five with annual awards

2013-02-24 16:56:19

County Sheriff� Kenneth Tregoning announced that the annual Carroll County Sheriff's Office Personnel Awards were presented to the following recipients in recognition of their commitment to public service and exemplary performance: • Sgt. Thomas...

Lawmakers ask County Council to postpone vote on retirement appeals bill

2013-02-18 03:20:00

State lawmakers are asking the Baltimore County Council to postpone a vote on a measure that would change the way public employees may challenge decisions on retirement benefits, saying it could violate state law. All but two members of the county...

Two judicial vacancies to be filled in Harford

2013-02-07 14:57:22

Harford County has a judicial vacancy at the Circuit Court level and will soon have one at the District Court level. Circuit Court Judge Emory A. Plitt Jr. retired effective Feb. 1 after serving on the bench since 1999. Plitt turns 70 on Saturday, the...

Kamenetz proposal would change process for worker benefit disputes

2013-02-03 16:05:53

Baltimore County labor leaders plan to fight legislation by County Executive Kevin Kamenetz that would change the way public workers appeal county decisions on their retirement benefits, saying the bill would stack the deck against employees. The bill,...

In Barnes trial, defense questions detective's search for daughter

2013-01-24 15:51:58

In a frantic search for his own missing teenage daughter, the lead detective in the Phylicia Barnes murder case donned a black hooded sweatshirt and, along with two other men, forced his way into a Northeast Baltimore apartment where he believed she was...

Same-sex couples could get married on New Year's in Harford

2012-12-06 13:28:00

With same-sex marriage licenses officially set to go into effect Jan. 1, many gay and lesbian couples around the state have been eager to celebrate their unions on New Year's Eve or Day – and Harford County is no exception. The protocol of...

Judge S. Ann Brobst, longtime Baltimore County prosecutor

2012-12-18 15:41:00

Judge S. Ann Brobst, who during her three-decade career as an assistant state's attorney earned a reputation for being a tough but fair prosecutor that led to her to appointment in 2009 to the Baltimore County Circuit Court, died Monday evening of...

Dyer's term on school board coming to end amid ouster attempt

2012-11-21 14:51:00

Allen Dyer's term on the Howard County school board is scheduled to expire Dec. 3, but it could end at any moment. The outspoken Ellicott City lawyer, who lost his attempt for re-election in the primary earlier this year, is battling an attempt by his...

President Barack Obama makes a statement about the Supreme Court's decision on his Administration's health care law in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

2012-06-28 00:00:00

The Obama administration's decision not to seek further review at the appellate court level means the national health care reform law could be decided by the Supreme Court before the 2012 election. The politics of that could go either way, but the substance of the decision is solid.

2011-09-30 10:22:33

Baltimore Judge Gale Rasin won grant money to create a Mental Health Case Management docket in the city's circuit court for mentally ill defendants.

2011-04-12 00:00:00