A panel of five reporters, moderated by Len Lazarick of MarylandReporter.com, analyzed the recent 90-day session of the Maryland General Assembly at a luncheon put on by Maryland Business for Responsive Government. In this video of the first 10 minutes of the program, the topics included John Leopold’s poetry, how the new campaign finance law impacts free-spending political slates, the military veterans employment bill and the racial dimension of the death penalty.
Day: May 7, 2013
State Roundup, May 7, 2013
Noted Republican fund-raiser Dick Hug dies at 78; with U.S. Senate approval, online sales taxes are closer to reality; Baltimore City legislators argue over failure to pass tightened cellphone smuggling legislation; Penn National, opponent to expanded gambling in Maryland, to bid to build Prince George’s casino; meanwhile Maryland’s casino hit record take; Gov. O’Malley given flowers, ornaments but mostly books; O’Malley trails in early Quinnipiac presidential primary poll; and Anne Arundel OKs right to bear Tasers.
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