September 16, 2011
MDTA proposes lower toll increases; O'Malley thinks Obama will have a second term and praises Perry for in-state tuition for illegals; BRAC deadline passes without infrastructure to serve influx of people; community colleges have rising enrollments but not budgets; Pugh recommitted to job in Annapolis; foreclosures down 80%; PlanMaryland revised to give counties more authority, but Western Maryland counties considering lobbying for their interests. [...more]
September 15, 2011
Maryland gets millions for unemployment insurance upgrade; transportation funding the hot topic in Annapolis as Congress debates the issue; federal HIV funds return to local agencies; state seniors see dip in SAT scores; Chesapeake Bay battered by latest storms; redistricting issues hit Baltimore, Prince George's counties; and wrapping up Baltimore city's Democratic primary with a look at the mayor's next steps, one incumbent turned out, a possible recount and why more aren't voting. [...more]
September 14, 2011
Rawlings-Blake wins primary easily in low turnout, as does Jack Young; Maryland could get $625.5 million under Obama jobs plan; teenager gets 5 years in transgender beating; Maryland's poverty rate rises; Montgomery Dems blast GOP featuring anti-Muslim “Gopher;” Cassilly doesn't make the cut for judgeship appointment; and Howard, Montgomery counties come up with redistricting plans. [...more]
September 13, 2011
About $6 million rolls in from state booze tax hike; state Senate committee considers other tax hikes; PlanMaryland revision gives more authority to local governments; O'Malley swears in new PSC members; and Baltimore mayoral candidates stump down to the wire as voters go to the polls. [...more]
September 12, 2011
Officials commemorate 9/11 with Muslim community; memorial to Maryland's victims dedicated; Gov. O'Malley to cheerlead for President Obama's jobs plan, while president's speech gets mixed reviews throughout state; PSC sets hearings on BGE hurricane outages; eight apply for Appeals Court seat; new Development Commission member says state isn't completely “business-unfriendly;” State Fair straw poll puts Perry ahead in GOP presidential primary; Ulman to fund-raise in Baltimore city; Baltimore city Democratic mayoral primary tomorrow; and grand jury probe into County Exec Leopold widens. [...more]
September 9, 2011
Mixed reactions on Obama's jobs plan, with Dems supporting it and GOP skeptical; Van Hollen says Super Committee should start with old debt reduction ideas; politicians stump for gay marriage at fundraiser; more money needed for roads, judges' salaries; lots of prominent Republicans endorse Romney; Sun endorses Rawlings-Blake. [...more]
September 8, 2011
State Center opponents seek dismissal of state's countersuit; Hurricane Irene torments BGE and Calvert Cliffs, but helps the Bay; O'Malley takes another swipe at Christie; $10 million targeted for airport expansion; Vincent DeMarco pushes health coverage for the uninsured; Sen. Simonaire may run for Arundel County exec; and Bill Cosby charms Rolley audiences. [...more]
September 7, 2011
Major education reforms to get underway; O'Malley praises agencies for emergency responses; political leaders expected to attend same-sex marriage fund-raiser tonight; Kittleman attacked for same-sex marriage support; slots revenue drops; Maryland's economy benefited from response to 9/11 attacks; Rawlings-Blake leads in fundraising; and councilman kills Arundel zoning plan that would intensify development. [...more]
September 6, 2011
State watermen feel the pinch from crackdown on poaching in the Chesapeake; Franchot has raised the profile of the comptroller's office enough to make it attractive; state Sen. Pinsky arrested in White House protest of “tar sands” pipeline; 20 seek Appeals Court seat; presidential candidate Rick Perry to fundraise in Baltimore; and more on Baltimore mayor's race. [...more]
September 2, 2011
Maryland ends the fiscal year with a surplus, touching off more sniping with Virginia; poor economy harms unions; politicians spend more time with constituents without power than haranguing power companies; and early voter turnout in Baltimore mayoral primary is dismal. [...more]
