The bipartisan effort faces a tight timeframe as the crossover date for legislation (going from the House to the Senate) ends on March 23 and the session concludes on April 13.

Building renovations, not recent public controversies, are the grounds for the cancellation of public testimony, council chair says.

The order leaves intact the court’s July decision to uphold the two perjury charges against the former Baltimore State’s Attorney and throw out her mortgage fraud conviction.