In miniature, August 27

• Highlights/lowlights of the Justice Department’s scathing report on Baltimore police [Jonathan Blanks/Cato; C.J. Ciaramella]
• Gov. Larry Hogan has declined to board a certain ill-bound Train, and same is true of two other courageous figures, Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford and Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman [Fatimah Waseem, Howard County Times/Baltimore Sun]
• Rethink the Purple Line now [Diana Furchtgott Roth]
• Yes, the Baltimore aerial surveillance program should raise concerns [Matthew Feeney, Cato]
• “‘I want Larry Hogan gone,’ Cox told Kamenetz repeatedly.” [John Fritze, Baltimore Sun, quoting union boss J. David Cox of AFGE conversation with Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, a potential Democratic candidate for governor]
• Barry Rascovar recalls the life of Helen Bentley [Maryland Reporter]

In miniature, August 8

• MoCo Executive Leggett stifles a plan to make county dealings with labor unions more transparent [Bill Turque, Washington Post]
• “Shank: Criminal justice overhaul will lead to better outcomes in Maryland” [Herald-Mail]
• “Why in the world would the P.G. police dept. choose this particular cop to host a ride-along with a reporter?” [Radley Balko]
• Baltimore’s regulatory blockade: lawsuit challenges grip of historic preservation laws [Nick Zaiac, Market Urbanism]
• Been there. “Replacing Maryland E-ZPass transponder is not so easy” [Len Lazarick]
• It’s something [that] shouldn’t be done by either party in any state.” Larry Hogan talks gerrymandering [Danielle Gaines, Frederick News-Post]