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College Park City Council passes tree protection ordinance after intense debate

Residents who violate the ordinance must pay a penalty fee of $1,000 and residents who fail to plant a replacement tree or to pay the original fee will face an additional fee of $1,000
  • Grace Yarrow
  • May 11, 2022

Juries are capable of deciding damages. Damages caps undermine their ability.

Money cannot quantify pain and suffering. Damages caps ignore this.
  • Rebecca Scherr
  • April 28, 2022

Maryland General Assembly passes juvenile justice reform bills

The bills will work to protect children's human rights.
  • Hannah Ziegler
  • April 14, 2022

Oregon passed a law decriminalizing hard drugs. Experts aren’t sure if Maryland will follow.

Alan Lehman, a professor at this university, said if the measure succeeds in Oregon, it could be applied to other states.
  • Joelle Anselmo
  • November 24, 2020

Maryland General Assembly passes hate crime bill in honor of Richard Collins

The bill still requires Gov. Larry Hogan's signature.
  • Matt McDonald
  • March 17, 2020

Maryland version of College Park’s “unruly social gatherings” ban falters in legislature

The College Park City Council controversially passed a similar ordinance amid criticism in September.
  • Angela Mecca
  • February 17, 2020

“Our son’s legacy”: Parents of Richard Collins take to Annapolis to back hate crime bills

The bills would amend Maryland’s hate crime statute to include crimes that are partially hate-based.
  • Lyna Bentahar
  • February 12, 2020

A Maryland bill would require colleges to develop plans for making voting accessible

UMD community members are among those lobbying for the legislation.
  • Luciana Perez-Uribe
  • February 10, 2020

PG County agencies are now barred from working with ICE

The legislation will go into effect in early February.
  • Eric Neugeboren
  • December 30, 2019

Family of Richard Collins planning to push for changes in Maryland’s hate crime law

Jurors convicted a former UMD student of first-degree murder in Collins' death.
  • Diamondback Staff
  • December 18, 2019
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