NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Wednesday Nov. 27
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late- breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Wednesday:
Jason Newton joins WBAL-TV as its newest anchorman in December.
• WBAL-TV ADDS NEW NEWS ANCHOR
Native Baltimorean Jason Newton, 36, a Baltimore City College and University of Maryland graduate, will join the station in December.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• ATTORNEY GENERAL PICKETS SAFEWAY ON BEHALF OF UNION
Maryland AG Doug Gansler, who is running for governor, joined the picket line, he said, because Safeway and Giant are trying to use provisions of the new federal health law “to take away” health coverage from workers.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• P.G. CO. JURY AWARDS $9.5M IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE
The verdict includes $5 million for future medical expenses, $1.5 million in lost earnings and $3 million in noneconomic damages , awarded to the family of a child who developed cerebral palsy as an infant after signs of an infection were not immediately treated by emergency room personnel.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• FCC ADVISER TO HEAD D.C. OFFICE FOR SINCLAIR
The new Sinclair Broadcast Group office will focus on policy and business matters and will be led by Rebecca Hanson as senior vice president of strategy and policy.
Read More at: Baltimore Business Journal
• TOWSON RESIDENTS DEMONSTRATE, DON’T WANT FIRE STATION TO MOVE
They demonstrated at a Baltimore County Council work session Tuesday against the proposed sale of the Towson fire station property at Bosley Avenue and York Road for redevelopment as a Royal Farms gas station and convenience store.
Read More at: Towson Times
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Tuesday Nov. 26
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Tuesday:
Award-winning civil rights historian Taylor Branch is scheduled to teach a new type of online course at Univ. of Baltimore this spring.
This spring, an online class to be taught at the University of Baltimore by local Pulitzer Prize-winning civil rights historian Taylor Branch can be taken for credit by any student in the University System of Maryland, including Towson University, Coppin State, and the University of Maryland, College Park.
Students will be able to communicate and interact in real time with classmates and with Branch. College students outside the state may also be permitted to register for the massive open online course, dubbed a “MOOC,” a new concept that has drawn hype as well as criticism since its introduction several years ago.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• MAYOR, OTHER CITY OFFICIALS TO GET PAY RAISES
The Baltimore City Board of Estimates — the mayor, City Council president and comptroller — will vote Wednesday on a proposal to raise their pay by 2.5 percent as well as council members’ pay, to become effective New Year’s Day.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• CONSTITUTIONALITY OF MARYLAND DEATH PENALTY UPHELD
Rejecting a claim by a man on death row that his sentence is unconstitutional, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the state constitution does not limit capital punishment to treason against the state government.
Read More at: Associated Press
• MD. GOP WANTS TO CUT STATE INCOME TAX
Republicans in Annapolis are drafting a plan to cut personal income taxes in Maryland by 10 percent over the next two years. They also plan to introduce legislation to abolish the so-called “rain tax.”
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
• CITY COUNCIL GRILLS POLICE COMMISSIONER
Commissioner Anthony Batts was on the hot seat, questioned about officer deployment. According to Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young, the city is paying overtime for police officers, “but yet the homicide rate… is going through the roof.”
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Monday Nov. 25
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Monday:
A man was robbed Saturday at knifepoint in the food court restroom at Towson Town Center. The 2 robbers escaped.
AT TOWSON TOWN CENTER SHOPPING MALL
After being robbed at knifepoint of money and a cellphone in a restroom off the food court by two black males aged 18-20, the victim and a plainclothes security guard chased the two robbers until one drew a gun and the robbers fled.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• U.S., 5 OTHER NATIONS, REACH ACCORD WITH IRAN ON NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT
The agreement, however, does not require Iran
to stop enriching uranium to a low level of 3.5 percent, or to dismantle any of its existing centrifuges. According to Israel, the deal is based on “Iranian deception and self-delusion” and gives Iran too much relief from economic sanctions without halting its march toward a nuclear bomb.
Read More at: New York Times
• GOP’S LARRY HOGAN ANNOUNCES RUN FOR GOVERNOR
The former Bob Ehrlich appointments secretary and P.G. County executive joins a crowded Republican field for the nomination to oppose the winner of a crowded Democratic field. He says he’ll formally announce his candidacy in January.
Read More at: Associated Press
• MARYLAND POSTAL WORKER KILLED ON DUTY
The 26-year-old mail carrier was shot to death Saturday evening while delivering mail in Landover, about 10 miles from Washington, D.C.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• WASHINGTON DEPLOYS CAMERAS AT STOP SIGNS, CROSSWALKS
Activated Saturday, the new cameras will issue warnings to drivers for speeding and failure to stop at stop signs and crosswalks through Dec. 29, followed by citations to be issued starting on Dec. 30.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
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