Day: January 29, 2014

Former delegate challenges Brochin for Senate seat

Former delegate challenges Brochin for Senate seat

Connie DeJuliis of Glen Arm filed for state Senate Wednesday, pitting her in the Democratic primary against incumbent Sen. Jim Brochin in District 42, which stretches from Towson to the Pennsylvania border.

DeJuliis, a former one-term delegate from Dundalk, then known as Connie Galiazzo , joins a handful of former delegates getting back in the game as candidates for General Assembly and a half dozen Democrats challenging incumbent senators of their own party.

State Roundup, January 29, 2014

Maryland employers added 7,300 jobs in December 2013; health exchange emergency legislation passes House with amendments: It now returns to the Senate for approval before going to the governor for his signature; bill would make it easier to obtain a protective order from an abuser; lawmakers considering revenge porn law; parents protest Common Core standards; fisherman vehemently against clarifying DNR duties; Sen. Brinkley would like rain tax repealed for Frederick County but coalition pushes to keep the law in place; bicyclist safety sought in new bill; Lt. Gov. Brown heads to ill father’s side; GOP gub candidate Lollar proposes killing the personal income tax; 6th Congressional District candidate drops out to avoid scuffle with fellow GOPer Bongino; and U.S. Rep. Van Hollen backs Leggett for Montgomery exec.

Progressive Maryland gets its voice back

Progressive Maryland gets its voice back

“They’re back.” That’s the message Executive Director Kate Planco Waybright hoped would be the lead of any story about Progressive Maryland’s 12th Annual Awards Gala Tuesday night in Greenbelt.

Tea Party conservatives and others on the right might find it hard to believe, but the left wing of the Democratic Party has struggles of its own as it fights to have its voice heard in Annapolis.

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