William Ford

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | William Ford

George L. Russell Jr., a pioneer in the Black legal community who became the first Black to sit on an appellate court in Maryland, first Black city solicitor and first Black president of the Baltimore City Bar Association, died Saturday at the age of 96. “He was a giant. He was a pioneer. He was somebody who paved the way for so many Black attorneys in this state,” said Del. Malcolm Ruff (D-Baltimore City), an attorney at the firm Murphy, Flacon & Murphy in Baltimore.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | William Ford

George L. Russell Jr., center, with Larry S. Gibson, left, and William H. "Billy" Murphy Jr. (Photo courtesy of University of Maryland, Baltimore)George L. Russell Jr., a pioneer in the Black legal community who became the first Black to sit on an appellate court in Maryland, first Black city solicitor and first Black president of the Baltimore City Bar Association, died Saturday at the age of 96. “He was a giant. He was a pioneer.

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | William Ford

Alice Tickler tries to stay positive when it comes to educating young children, but the longtime teacher admits there are some things that can make it hard — and it’s not anything the students do. Things like the legislature’s failure to fund a training program, specifically for reading and math teachers. As a teacher for 28 years, she’s seen the benefits of what educators call a “coaching program” can have.

1 week ago | southernmarylandchronicle.com | William Ford |David Higgins

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) has joined another lawsuit against the federal government, this time taking on the U.S. Department of Education for its attempt to rescind previously approved pandemic-era relief funding for schools. It’s just the latest in a series of lawsuits that Maryland has joined, or led, against Trump administration efforts to slash federal jobs or programs. Thursday’s suit, filed in New York with 15 other attorneys general and Pennsylvania Gov.

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | William Ford

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) has joined another lawsuit against the federal government, this time taking on the U.S. Department of Education for its attempt to rescind previously approved pandemic-era relief funding for schools. It’s just the latest in a series of lawsuits that Maryland has joined, or led, against Trump administraition efforts to slash federal jobs or programs. Thursday’s suit, filed in New York with 15 other attorneys general and Pennsylvania Gov.