Maryland citizens will have to wait at least another year to get remote access to one of the most important but least accessible parts of the legislative process: committee voting sessions in which bills are amended, killed or sent to the floor.
The Senate Rules Committee on Wednesday voted down a proposed amendment to Senate rules by Sen. Allan Kittleman, R-Howard, that would have required Senate committees to webcast the crucial voting sessions, as the committee hearings already are.
Elderly drivers are sometimes viewed as hazards on the road due to poor eyesight and diminished reflexes, but a preliminary report by the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration found that drivers between the ages of 75 and 89 actually had the lowest crash rate of all other age groups.
As Democrats toss around transportation funding ideas, Senate President Miller sees progress in talks but counties push back against imposing their own gas tax hike; fTreasure Kopp warns Senate panel over federal sequester’s effects on state credit rating, backs a bill to phase out faulty pension funding system; armers ride tractors into Annapolis to protest last year’s septic bill, saying it devalues their properties; changes in Gov. O’Malley’s gun control bill expected; bill would extend bicycle helmet law to all riders, no matter the age; and House GOP may seek leadership change.
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