William H Murphy

State Sen. Ulysses Currie, whose ties to Shoppers Food and Pharmacy are under federal investigation, intervened several times in recent years on behalf of the grocery store chain when it was seeking public financing and other concessions as part of the...

The state attorney general's office has said that Sen. Ulysses Currie may not use campaign funds to pay for his legal defense in a federal investigation if the probe "relates to his conduct in office" - as it appears to do. Last month, the Prince George'...

The attorney general's office is contending that the independent state agency that owns Oriole Park at Camden Yards exceeded its authority by paying more than $100,000 to a prominent Baltimore attorney to explore potential litigation against Major...

The city school system was in court yesterday, trying to make the case that it was on the road to a financial recovery and providing a satisfactory education for Baltimore's 89,000 schoolchildren despite budget cuts. Two judges, dozens of school...

Lawyers representing city students tried to build a case in federal court yesterday that the school system is delivering inadequate education as it tries to recover from a financial crisis. It was the second day of what was supposed to be a two-day...

State schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick suggested in a federal courtroom yesterday that a trustee should be appointed to run the Baltimore schools, a comment that drew immediate protest from a line of attorneys representing schoolchildren, advocacy...

Suspects in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme had a backup plan if an intended hit man failed: kidnap a granddaughter of a target, according to prosecutors and charging documents in the case against the reputed leader and three members of a Carroll County...

Vowing to go after "gun bangers," Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.pledged yesterday to strictly enforce the state's gun laws and work with federal prosecutors to ensure that felons who carry guns go to prison for at least five...