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Fourteen people and organizations will be honored for their contributions to Anne Arundel County on Jan. 14 at the 34th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Dinner.

In two near-identical motions filed by City Attorney Mike Lyles and Assistant City Attorney Joel Braithwaite on Friday in the U.S. District Court, they argued that the lawsuits — a wrongful death claim and a class-action lawsuit, filed days apart in May — should be dismissed because a consent decree agreed to by the city in a prior discrimination lawsuit protected the city from additional litigation.

In April, the city of Annapolis, Md., received word that the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) would finally award a $3 million grant to help pay for a proposed stormwater pump on Compromise Street in the Maryland capital to address flooding and other climate-related impacts.

A flood mitigation pump at Compromise Street, a new public works facility and a park honoring a local civil rights activist, are among the capital projects budget for fiscal year 2022.

The relatives of an Annapolis public housing resident have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court against the City of Annapolis and the city’s independent housing authority, alleging he died because of untreated mold in his apartment due to unequal inspection policies.

As I walked through Heritage Harbor development, I became aware that the traffic noise can be heard throughout.

Over the last five years, the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis received less money from the federal government to pay for people to fix holes in ceilings. Less federal money, an aging housing stock and staffing leave the housing authority in a precarious position. A transition team report prepared for Mayor Mike Pantelides in April offered a dire prediction for the future.

The race to vaccinate older Americans is gaining traction, with more than a third of people 65 and up having received their first dose in states that have provided data.

The Annapolis housing authority board approved Tuesday two residential units be converted into police substations to curb an increase in violent crime and drug-related activities in the Robinwood and Harbour House communities.