Day: June 4, 2014

Public pre-school becomes campaign issue

Public pre-school becomes campaign issue

by | Jun 4, 2014 | ,

All three Democratic candidates for governor have proposals for expanding pre-kindergarten education in Maryland, which they discussed in a segment of Monday’s debate. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown has been attacking Attorney General Doug Gansler for this failure to promise universal pre-K across Maryland. Despite having a public school system ranked top in the nation by a Education Week magazine five years in a row, Maryland still has a substantial achievement gap, as Gansler has repeatedly lamented since the launch of his campaign.

Anti-gerrymandering coalition stays alive

Anti-gerrymandering coalition stays alive

by | Jun 4, 2014 |

They may be “tilting at windmills” as one commented, but a coalition of good government groups is trying to keep their push for reform of political redistricting alive in the 2014 campaign. On Friday, they awarded the cash prizes for their cartoon contest to illustrate the odd shapes of Maryland’s congressional districts, and also honored eight legislators for sponsoring bills to change the current redistricting process.

State Roundup, June 4, 2014

by | Jun 4, 2014 |

College and upward mobility not necessarily tied together in Baltimore City, according to Hopkins study; plaintiffs in federal Christian prayer lawsuit drop request for temporary ban; after failing to gather enough signatures to bring transgender law to referendum, Del. Parrott quotes Churchill; upon retirement, Speaker Busch, Senate President Miller to receive more than $40,000 each in yearly pensions; man files ethics complaint against Sen. Brinkley; Sen. Madaleno attacks rival in debate; Conservation Voters hope $40,000 donation will unseat Sen. Muse; new District 30B candidates must take it to the streets; in GOP gubernatorial race, neither Craig nor George raise enough to get public funding; and 8,000-member union won’t endorse in Montgomery County exec race.

Republican opponents drag O’Malley into Arundel exec race

Republican opponents drag O’Malley into Arundel exec race

by | Jun 4, 2014 | ,

The expected attack mailers in the contentious Republican race for Anne Arundel County Executive began hitting the mail boxes of reliable primary voters this week. Challenger Steve Schuh and incumbent Laura Neuman both associated the other with pictures of one of the most reviled men in Maryland Republican circles: Martin O’Malley, the departing Democratic governor.

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