By Erich Wagner Erich@MarylandReporter.com It could soon be easier for Marylanders to fight lawsuits on the grounds that legal action limits their ability to get involved with controversial issues, such as a recent dispute over petition signatures to stop a slots...
Month: April 2010
VIDEO: Catching up with Bob Ehrlich
The day after the end of the 2010 General Assembly, former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich shares his views on the legislative session and some of his plans for campaigning.
State Roundup April 14, 2010
Today we have more looks back at what passed and what didn't during the legislative session, Ehrlich criticizes O'Malley over the session, and the state prepares to apply for Race to the Top money. MEDIATION: Nick Sohr at The Daily Record takes a look at a couple of...
Podcast: Session wrap-up on WNAV
For a wrap-up of the legislative session with WNAV’s Kenny Burns that aired Tuesday evening, MarylandReporter.com Editor Len Lazarick got together with Maryland Public TV’s Lou Davis and Doug Tallman of The Gazette.
It’s over: Sine Die Roundup April 13, 2010
The legislative session is over. Today, Gov. Martin O'Malley will begin signing bills into law, while lawmakers and their staff will pack up and head home to their districts. Meanwhile, the journalists of Maryland will begin to sort through the flurry of activity that...
UPDATE: Private school aid bill stalled in House as clock ticks
By Andy Rosen Andy@MarylandReporter.com A House subcommittee has suspended work on a Senate-passed bill aiding private schools as members wait for a state Attorney General's opinion on the constitutionality of controversial changes to the measure. Members of the House...
Teacher labor dispute bill headed to O’Malley
By Nick DiMarco Nick@MarylandReporter.com Public school teachers would be able to appeal labor disputes beyond the local boards of education that employ them, under a controversial measure approved by the General Assembly Monday. A newly-created labor panel would...
Activism brought Kach to 36 years in Annapolis
By Megan Poinski Megan@MarylandReporter.com Thirty-six years ago, a developer was building a shoddy development near Kernan Hospital – and Wade Kach decided to do something about it. The Baltimore County Republican said that there was wide outcry among area residents...
Analysis: Session as partisan and contentious as forecast
By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Ninety days ago, I wrote here that the coming legislative session promised to be "contentious, partisan and painful." Most of the time, I wouldn’t dredge up a past forecast, since they are often wrong. It’s hard enough to get...
Child support payments boosted as legislators compromise
By Nick DiMarco Nick@MarylandReporter.com The vast majority of child support payments will be allowed to increase for the first time in more than 20 years, after lawmakers resolved differences that threatened to sideline the bill this year. The House and Senate still...
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