Day: December 19, 2012

State Roundup, December 19, 2012

Gov. O’Malley likely to introduce gun control package to address type of gun, mental illness and school safety even while VA Gov. McDonnell wants to arm school personnel; U.S. Reps. Harris and Edwards hold opposite views on gun control; even while same sex marriage is made legal in Maryland, filing joint tax returns won’t be until the federal law changes; UM students to take up gender identity protection; state forecasts say highway construction gone after 2017; and Sen. Mikulski poised to become Intelligence Committee chair.

O’Malley says he’s delivered on some goals, but not energy and transportation

A lot of the reporters wanted to talk about guns at Tuesday’s roundtable with Gov. Martin O’Malley, and the governor did speak in general terms about the need for more gun control and mental health services. But what O’Malley really wanted to talk about was how his administration measured up to the 15 broad goals that are tracked by the governor’s “delivery unit.” Maryland did show broad progress on most of the goals since O’Malley took office, and some of the targets had already been met .

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