Around Maryland

The Baltimore City Booking and Intake Center is nowhere close to meeting a court-imposed deadline for making major improvements to the medical and mental health care it provides to people incarcerated in the facility, according to documents filed in federal court Thursday. As part of a 2016 settlement of a case the American Civil Liberties Union brought against the state, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services — which operates the city jail —agreed to overhaul its delivery of health care there and make the facility more accessible for people with disabilities.

Resort leaders gathered this week to celebrate the launch of its rebranding campaign.On Wednesday, town officials, advertising representatives and local stakeholders joined together at the Ocean City Inlet to celebrate the launch of Somewhere to Smile About, a rebranding campaign aimed at increasing awareness of and visitation to Ocean City.

Less than a quarter of Marylanders are interested in gambling their money in the state’s still-growing sports betting industry, according to a new poll. Among 800 people surveyed by Goucher College Poll in partnership with The Baltimore Banner, 23% said they were likely to place a bet on sports over the next year, either in person at a casino or online.

Frederick County Public Schools officials on Wednesday presented Superintendent Cheryl Dyson’s recommended maps for a redistricting project that could see nearly 2,500 students switching schools. The project is referred to as the Crestwood Area Redistricting Study, because it’s being prompted by an upcoming addition to Crestwood Middle School that will boost capacity there by 300 seats.

The Baltimore City Board of Estimates approved a contract from the Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts on Wednesday that is expected to improve the emergency system at the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office. The Administrative Office of the Courts is looking to upgrade its early alert “panic button” system to improve the sheriff’s office response times to emergencies for circuit court and the Juvenile Justice Center.

The Board of Estimates on Wednesday approved new Tasers for the Baltimore Police Department. The $5 million contract for the Tasers was required by the Justice Department consent decree. The previous Tasers expired after five years. “We have been successful in achieving initial compliance on our consent decree on all paragraphs related to the use of what’s called a controlled electronic weapon,” said Eric Melancon, deputy commissioner of the Compliance Bureau.

In a significant step toward eliminating toxic air pollution, Maryland lawmakers have approved a measure requiring that, year by year, manufacturers ensure that zero-emission vehicles make up a growing share of the trucks and buses sold in the state. Yet some public health advocates fret that the wording of the legislation will allow the state to drag its feet for a year or more if it finds that the infrastructure for electric vehicles is inadequate.

Katie Windle is a mother of two living in suburban Odenton, in Anne Arundel County. She does remote work for a university in the Pacific Northwest while her husband commutes to his federal law enforcement job in Washington, D.C. She’s a self-professed adherent of “wine culture” and has signs and coasters decorating her home that say things like: “I make wine disappear. What’s your superpower?” She considers herself a law-abiding citizen.