Bryan P. Sears

3 days ago | southernmarylandchronicle.com | Bryan P. Sears |David Higgins

Former Anne Arundel County Register of Wills Erica Griswold is appealing her May shoplifting conviction, according to court documents. Griswold, 50, remains free on a $300 bond after appealing her conviction to the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County. No hearing date has been set. Griswold was arrested in March for attempting to leave a Severn-area Walmart with more than $160 in sheets and curtains, according to a police report filed with the court.

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | Bryan P. Sears |Christine Condon |Danielle J. Brown |William Ford

When you wake up Sunday, it will be harder to collect damages from the state for child sexual abuse and easier to find relief at a pick-your-own farm, new rules will start the long process of slowing utility rate increases and a new law will again delay the start of a paid family and medical leave programAnd chromite will be the official state mineral, a fact you can toast with the new official state cocktail, the orange crush.

1 week ago | bethesdamagazine.com | Bryan P. Sears |Josephine Jack

Photo credit: William J. Ford/Maryland MattersFive Maryland voters who are not affiliated with any political party filed a lawsuit this week asking a state judge to declare Maryland’s restrictions on primary elections a violation of the state constitution. Maryland, which has a partially closed primary system, requires voters to affiliate with the Democratic or Republican party if they want to vote in the primary election. The five unaffiliated voters, represented by Republican former Lt. Gov.

1 week ago | southernmarylandchronicle.com | Bryan P. Sears |David Higgins

Five Maryland voters who are not affiliated with any political party filed a lawsuit this week asking a state judge to declare the state’s restrictions on primary elections a violation of the state constitution. Maryland, which has a partially closed primary system, requires voters to affiliate with the Democratic or Republican party if they want to vote in the primary election. The five unaffiliated voters, represented by Republican former Lt. Gov.

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | Bryan P. Sears

Five Maryland voters who are not affiliated with any political party filed a lawsuit this week asking a state judge to declare the state’s restrictions on primary elections a violation of the state constitution. Maryland, which has a partially closed primary system, requires voters to affiliate with the Democratic or Republican party if they want to vote in the primary election. The five unaffiliated voters, represented by Republican former Lt. Gov.