Maryland Gov. Wes Moore made history Monday by signing an executive order to pardon 100,000 Marylanders convicted of low-level marijuana charges. A total of 175,000 convictions were pardoned. The order was the largest pardon for misdemeanor cannabis possession charges for any state in the country. Including drug paraphernalia in the order makes Maryland the first state to take this kind of action, according to Moore’s office.

Baltimore City Council members unanimously approved a $4.2 billion spending plan Monday without touching the version introduced by Mayor Brandon Scott this spring. The council’s approval caps off a budget season with fewer fireworks than in recent years. The body passed the spending plan in a 14-0 vote Monday evening with Councilman Zeke Cohen absent.

The Maryland Cannabis Administration plans to conduct another lottery on June 28 to award 31 new opportunities to start a cannabis business in the state. The lottery will award dispensary licenses that were stalled because of litigation in Talbot and Calvert counties, along with any other licenses that have not yet been awarded as part of a social-equity-focused round that began earlier this year.

Del. Jason Buckel, the top Republican in Maryland’s House of Delegates, has been charged with driving under the influence and other offenses, according to court records. Buckel was stopped by Maryland State Police Thursday night on U.S. Route 40 near Campground Road in La Vale in Allegany County, less than two miles from his home, according to court records.

The owner and head chef over a trio of restaurants in Fells Point announced a decision to temporarily close the establishments, citing public safety concerns. Duck Duck Goose, Osteria Pirata and Anchor Bar, under the Alfred Restaurant Group umbrella, are among the restaurants and bars that will “press pause,” according to Baltimore chef Ashish Alfred.

Criminal justice reform advocates and state Democrats see the 175,000 pardons that Gov. Wes Moore issued Monday as one step in a broader shift in how society and governments view people with cannabis-related convictions.Moore on Monday pardoned low-level cannabis use and possession convictions for approximately 100,000 people, some of whom have multiple convictions.

Eyewitnesses to the chaos that erupted after noxious gas was released at the Baltimore Pride event on Saturday said they saw multiple people in medical distress – and first responders who failed to act promptly to assist injured partygoers. Attendee Sam Child told The Brew that at about 8:37 p.m. they saw a huge “whitish cloud of vapor” erupt near the main stage at North Avenue and Charles Street, after which the crowd began stampeding out of the area.

Tasked with leading one of The Basketball League’s expansion franchises this past spring, all coach Ed Corporal did was guide the Frederick Flying Cows to a 20-6 record and the Atlantic Northeast Division championship. That might have been one of the easier feats he accomplished. Corporal, a former high school basketball coach at Meade, overcame a pair of strokes in 2013 that left him paralyzed on the left side of his body and required more than a year of physical therapy to regain the ability to walk. That ordeal has provided him with a fresh perspective.

Is Detective Frank Pembleton close to streaming glory? After months of speculation and decades of frustration, there are signs that “Homicide: Life on the Street,” the critically acclaimed Baltimore-set NBC drama, might be one step closer to being available for streaming platforms. The holdup for the Emmy-winning classic, which followed fictional Baltimore Police Department detectives as they navigated life, death and humanity from their Fells Point headquarters, has been the necessity of securing rights to the music used on the show.

Montgomery County Public Schools have announced a new superintendent for Maryland’s largest school system. Thomas Taylor, who most recently served as superintendent of Stafford County Public Schools in Virginia, will serve as the new school chief, officials announced during a news conference Monday. The decision comes after a national search that consisted of community forums, focus groups and a districtwide survey, among other outreach intended to collect local input.