Tentative Settlement Reached in Lesbian Trooper’s Bias Suit

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland State Police and a lesbian trooper say they have reached a tentative settlement of her federal lawsuit alleging discrimination based on her gender and sexual orientation.Lawyers for the state and Trooper Chelsea Raley filed a joint motion Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, seeking to stay proceedings pending finalization of what they call a “settlement in principle.”
State police spokeswoman Elena Russo and Robert Udowitz, a spokesman for R