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'Rome is burning': Baltimore crime gets lawmakers' attention

by Associated Press
| January 9, 2020 11:05 AM

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore's high violent crime rate received early attention in the state's legislative session on Thursday, as Maryland's former Senate president urged lawmakers to act “while Rome is burning.”

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