Pot decriminalization, medical marijuana supporters converge on Annapolis to show support for legislation; House of Delegates OKs bill requiring retailers to let customers know when they are tracking via mobile phones; strongly supported House bill would require businesses who receive at least $50,000 in state aid to file a report on fund usage; Del. Smigiel stars in and a creates a controversy with open-carry firearms video; Senate OKs bill to require drivers to move over to avoid tow trucks at roadside emergencies; Senate backs bill to delay using Common Core tests to evaluate teachers; BWI workers seeking union rally in Annapolis, stage an arrest; Baltimore County to get partially elected school board; Baltimore City ministerial alliance backs Gansler for governor; and Baker introduces Prince George’s budget.
Day: March 14, 2014
Common Core legislation advances; use of tests for teacher evaluations would be delayed
Legislation designed to solve problems created by the implementation of the Common Core curriculum standards advanced in the House and Senate Thursday. A bill to delay the use of testing on Common Core standards in teacher evaluations until 2016-2017 passed the Senate with only one dissenting vote, while the House version received a favorable report from the Ways and Means Committee, sending it to the House floor.
Union protesters arrested at State House
Fourteen people had themselves intentionally arrested on the stone steps of the Maryland State House Thursday — part of a larger group who were protesting the low wages of restaurant and retail workers at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
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