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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — Week of Mon. March 17 – Fri. March 21

Friday, March 21st 2014 @ 12:15 AM

NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday March 21

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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 Friday:

Marylou Yam was named Thursday to head Notre Dame of Maryland University.

Marylou Yam was named Thursday as the new president of Notre Dame of Maryland University, effective July 1st.

• NOTRE DAME OF MD. NAMES NEW PRESIDENT

Marylou Yam, who is currently provost at Saint Peter’s University, a Catholic liberal arts institution in Jersey City, will assume her new post in Baltimore July 1.

Read More at: Baltimore Sun

• DAILY RECORD PARENT FILES BANKRUPTCY

The Dolan Company, parent of Baltimore-based Maryland Daily Record, announced Thursday it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. However company officials said they expect to continue publishing in the 19 local markets Dolan serves and that employees will continue to be paid as usual.

Read More at: Maryland Daily Record

• MIDSHIPMAN ACQUITTED IN SEX ASSAULT CASE, QUITS ACADEMY

Former Navy football player Joshua Tate was found not guilty Thursday of sexually assaulting an unnamed female classmate during a 2012 party at an off-campus house in Annapolis.

Tate chose to be tried by a judge rather than a military jury, who found that the woman he was accused of assaulting — currently a U.S. Naval Academy senior — was not too drunk to consent to sexual activity.

In return for not being prosecuted on three counts of having made false statements, Tate agreed Thursday to resign from the academy.

Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)

• DISTRACTED DRIVING BILL PASSES MARYLAND SENATE

Known as “Jake’s Law,” the measure will increase penalties for distracted driving, including text messaging on hand-held cellphones.

Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV

• SENATE PASSES INCREASED ESTATE TAX EXEMPTION

The Maryland State Senate approved the measure Thursday, which has already been passed by the House of Delegates, by a vote 0f 36-10.

Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)

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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Thursday March 20

Tuajuanda Jordan was named St. Mary’s College’s new president, effective July 1.

• ST. MARY’S COLLEGE NAMES FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT

Tuajuanda Jordan, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of chemistry at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., will take the helm of the public liberal arts college in Southern Maryland July 1.

Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)

• BALTIMORE COMPTROLLER, CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
OBJECT TO OUTSIDE AUDITORS

Joan M. Pratt and Bernard C. “Jack” Young objected Wednesday to Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s plan to use outside auditors to monitor large city agencies.

Read More at: Baltimore Sun

• MINIMUM WAGE BILL STUCK IN STATE SENATE

A powerful committee chairman is linking a vote on the bill to the Senate’s ability to find a way to increase wages to caregivers of people with developmental disabilities.

Read More at: Maryland Daily Record

• STATE SENATE APPROVES SPEED CAMERA BILL

By a voto of 46-0 the Maryland Senate approved a bill Wednesday to place limits on work and school zone speed cameras.

Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)

• NAVAL ACADEMY SEX ASSAULT CASE MOVES FORWARD

The judge on Wednesday refused a motion by the defendant’s lawyers to find the former Naval Academy football player not guilty of sexually assaulting a female classmate. Closing arguments are expected Thursday.

Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV

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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Wednesday March 19

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:

For a year and a half, Baltimore City contractors have allegedly been getting paid for work they didn't do. On Tuesday the mayor ordered an investigation into her IT office.

For a year and a half, Baltimore City contractors have alleg- edly been getting paid for Information Technology work they didn’t do. On Tuesday the mayor ordered an investigation.

• BALTIMORE MAYOR’S TECHNOLOGY OFFICE ACCUSED OF FRAUD, ABUSE

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake ordered an investiga- tion into the Mayor’s Office of Information Technology on Tuesday to address charges that for a year and a half, Baltimore City IT contractors have been getting paid for work they didn’t perform.

Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)

• PROPOSED $2.5B CITY BUDGET CONTAINS PROPERTY TAX BREAK

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will introduce her $2.5 billion fiscal 2015 budget Wednesday, giving city workers a two percent raise, without cutting city services.

Read More at: Baltimore Sun

• MARYLAND BAIL SYSTEM REFORM COULD COST $30M A YEAR

However, State Senate President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller Jr. says the problem is Baltimore’s alone and that the city’s bail system does not concern the rest of Maryland.

Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)

• FOOD ALLERGIES AWARENESS BILL PASSES MD. SENATE

The proposed legislation would give county governments the authority to require restaurants to have a staff member trained on food allergens, to advise customers.

Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital

• HOUSE, SENATE PASS SUNDAY HUNTING BILLS

House Bill 406 and Senate Bill 472 would make it legal to hunt in Maryland on Sundays for all game species in season on both public and private land in Allegany, Garrett and Washington counties.

Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV

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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Tuesday March 18

Under Armour announced a two-for-one split Mon- day as the Balto.-based company’s stock soared.

• UNDER ARMOUR STOCK SPLITS, SOARS ON WALL ST.

The Baltimore-based footwear and sports apparel manufacturer’s common stock split two-for-one Monday — the second time since it went public nine years ago — after climbing almost 35 percent during 2014 to $117.35.

Read More at: Wall Street Journal

• MARYLAND LOSES 9,800 JOBS

According to the U.S. Labor Department, the state’s employment base shrank by nearly 10,000 jobs in the first month of 2014.

Read More at: Baltimore Sun

• GANSLER, AG’S ASK PHARMACIES TO NIX CIGARETTES

The Maryland Attorney General is among a group of state AGs who want the country’s top pharmacy chains to join CVS and stop selling tobacco products.

Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)

• HOGAN STUMPS IN WESTERN MARYLAND

The Republican gubernatorial hopeful scheduled appearances Monday in Oakland, Hagerstown, Cumberland and Frederick.

Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)

• MD. HOUSE ADVANCES MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL

The House of Delegates passed the bill Monday by an overwhelming vote of 123-13, which now goes to the State Senate.

Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV

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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Monday March 17

Gregg Thomas (left), the alleged shooter of Baltimore Police Sgt. Keith McNeill (right), turned himself in to police Sunday, following a weekend manhunt after the off-duty sergeant was ambushed in his car Friday evening in the 1900 block of Belair Road as he ran personal errands.

• SUSPECT IN COP SHOOTING SURRENDERS TO POLICE

His 51-year-old mother and 30-year-old sister were also arrested on drug charges.

Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)

• LATE WINTER SNOW EXPECTED

Just as spring is about to begin (this Friday), yet another snowstorm Sunday night and Monday was being forecast for the Baltimore region.

Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)

• STUDENT ABSENTEEISM IN BALTIMORE DRAWS FIRE

The interim schools chief blames principals; a union leader says parents are the problem, not the schools.

Read More at: Baltimore Sun

• MAYOR CLAIMS SHE’S IMPROVED BALTIMORE

In an interview at the Maryland Daily Record, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake claimed that in four years as mayor she’s changed the city for the better.

Read More at: Maryland Daily Record