BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 4 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today led a coalition of six attorneys general in filing a Supreme Court amicus brief supporting the respondents in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson. The brief argues that the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits punishing people for sleeping on public property when they have no other place to lawfully sle  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 1233) entitled "Allegheny Valley Railroad Co. - Abandonment Exemption - in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania": * * * Allegheny Valley Railroad Company (AVR), has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon an approximately 3.6-mile segment of rail line known generally as the "Brilliant Branch" located in Pi  more