January 27, 2012
The Office of the Maryland Public Defender needs $28 million to comply with a court ruling that requires indigent defendants have lawyer at bail hearings.Prosecutors say it will cost local governments $83 million more. Continue Reading...
January 27, 2012
This was National School Choice Week in America, marked by over 400 events around the country to celebrate public charter schools. But there were only one announced in Maryland, a dinner discussion set for next week in Baltimore. Public charter schools are increasing as an alternative educational option throughout the nation. But advocates say Maryland’s laws and the scrutiny given to new charter applicants are slowing progress toward more school choice. Continue Reading...
January 27, 2012
Many homes on public water and sewer in Maryland could see their flush tax triple to over $100 a year for the Bay Restoration Fund -- much higher than homes on septic systems, which would see the fee double to a $60 cap under Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposed consumption-based tax. Continue Reading...
January 26, 2012
Actor Charles Dutton made a guest appearance in the Maryland House of Delegates Thursday, announcing his return to Baltimore to promote the arts in Maryland’s impoverished communities. Sens. Sen. David Brinkley, R-Frederick, and Senate Majority Leader Rob Garagiola, D-Montgomery are cosponsoring a bill reducing estate taxes on family farms. Continue Reading...
Maryland First Lady calls people who stood in the way of gay marriage “cowards;” Senate shows its bipartisan colors; Bar Association endorses gay marriage; illegal immigrant tuition referendum in court today; legislators briefed on the “war on rural Maryland.”
School construction, rehabilitation issues take over BPW hearing: Baltimore County schools drilled over lack of air conditioning, Washington and Wicomico seek more funds, Mizeur proposes letting city raise its sales tax; medical marijuana bill moves forward; combined reporting legislation returns; freshman Republican delegates draw attention to taxes; and Bartlett’s poll numbers falter.
