Maryland’s controversial legislative redistricting is again the target of bills designed to overhaul the process and make it less partisan. Legislators are trying to introduce transparency and civic participation into the redistricting procedure, which now leaves the governor in control and the process wide open to political gerrymandering.
Day: March 3, 2014
State Roundup, March 3, 2014
Only nine Marylanders sign up for retroactive health insurance while 19,000 have paid their first premium; House passes bill making revenge porn a crime; Senate OKs bill to extend protections to transgendered people; Sen. Colburn sees tourist dollars in making softshell crabs the state sandwich; Del. Dwyer, second boat pilot sued by injured passenger; jurisdictions crack down on abuse of workers compensation; Craig gubernatorial campaign fined for fundraising during session; and ACLU suit over former Arundel Exec Leopold’s supposed dossiers is dismissed.
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