Second Congressional District candidate Larry Smith is calling on rival state Sen. Nancy Jacobs to apologize for going negative in the Republican primary campaign, despite a series of robocalls from Smith falsely stating Jacobs voted for “all” of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s budget bills, when she hadn’t. [...more]
Republican lawmakers presented a bill to block public access to petitions in order to prevent intimidation and personal attacks on Thursday. [...more]
Sen. Nancy Jacobs and Sen. Delores Kelley proposed two bills to require more reporting of suspected child abuse. Duane Keenan heard the testimony and filed this podcast. [...more]
Behind closed doors, members of the General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics presumably spent an hour Thursday morning talking about Sen. Ulysses Currie. As the 12 committee members left the conference room where the morning meeting took place, however, they would not even confirm that much. [...more]
With the filing deadline tomorrow at 9 p.m., state GOP Chairman Alex Mooney Tuesday morning is planning to announce whether he will challenge 10-term Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, a man for whom he once worked on Capitol Hill. [...more]
With the filing deadline for Congress a week away, two state Senate Republican leaders -- David Brinkley and Nancy Jacobs -- are poised to challenge incumbent congressmen, while the state GOP chairman remains unsure. [...more]
Senate President Mike Miller and Speaker of the House of Delegates Michael Busch told a business audience Thursday that while they supported spending more on transportation infrastructure to create jobs, it will be difficult to get a majority vote for raising gas taxes and fees, especially since no Republicans would vote for them. [...more]
Gov. Martin O’Malley’s congressional redistricting plan is whizzing toward enactment, as the Senate passed the map Tuesday 33-13 with one Democrat and all dozen Republicans in the body voting against it.The House Rules Committee quickly passed the measure with little discussion on a party-line 18-5 vote, with all Democrats voting for the bill. The House plans several hours of debate Wednesday. [...more]
The 188 members of the Maryland General Assembly return to the State House today for what promises to be a brief but intense special session to redraw congressional district lines. [...more]
The first group to propose a congressional redistricting plan with three majority minority districts was not one of the minority groups now protesting the maps recommended to the governor by his advisory committee. It was the Maryland Republican Party. [...more]
