A YouTube video is at the heart of a challenge to the state's wiretap laws; the way is paved to challenge reforms to the Colonial era ground rent laws. Politics and business mix during a four-day educational retreat. Plus Annapolis theft, speed cameras, and DBED ads....
Month: June 2010
Washington journalists honor MarylandReporter.com
The Washington, D.C., chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists honored MarylandReporter.com Tuesday night at its Dateline Awards banquet, giving the online news organization first and second place in its new “blog” category.
The awards were for work published online in 2009. MarylandReporter.com began publishing in October.
State publishes new rules for campaigning at transit stations
The state is proposing to relax its rules on political activity at transit stations, a move designed to help settle a three-year legal battle with the American Civil Liberties Union and ACORN that stemmed from the 2006 campaign.
The regulatory change, published for public comment on a state website, eliminates the requirement that groups get permits for “free speech activity” at Maryland Transit Administration facilities. The regulations apply to things like political organizing and demonstrations.
State Roundup June 15, 2010
Oil spill concerns reach Maryland's coast, while citizens protest with their pocketbooks. Ehrlich and O'Malley take their campaigns to firefighters and former state Del. Ken Holt declares for Baltimore County executive. Twists and turns of city taxes stay, while new...
State Roundup June 14, 2010
Ex-Gov. Bob Ehrlich might challenge the new federal health insurance law if re-elected; the two candidates for governor took different approaches to higher education; state pensions aren't going up; and Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith nixes Senate run. EHRLICH:...
Flag Day: Banners are symbol of liberty their seamstresses hope to regain
From the State House to the courthouse, the Stars-and-Stripes flying this Flag Day morning and throughout the year may be a symbol of “liberty and justice for all.” But the women who sewed them lost their liberty a good while ago in Maryland’s justice system.
The flags flown by government agencies in Maryland are hand-stitched by the inmates of the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, women who expect their work will bring them closer to freedom .
Analysis: Mitt and mitts: Romney plays ball with Ehrlich
Before keynoting Thursday night’s GOP fundraiser, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a once and possibly future candidate for president, stopped at an Arnold ball park where ex-Gov. Bob Ehrlich was watching son Drew’s baseball game. “I’m just a scout for the Red Sox,” Romney joked, before endorsing Ehrlich’s re-election bid.
State Roundup June 11, 2010
Lots of coverage of the race for governor, which a new poll shows is very tight; the GOP raises money as Mitt Romney comes to town. Plus taxes, pensions and delegate's 'sweetheart' deal. CAMPAIGN SPIN: Aaron Davis and John Wagner of the Washington Post take a close...
Marylands sales force debates state competitiveness
The people who sell Maryland to the country and the world spent part of this week debating whether the Free State’s brand is competitive in today’s marketplace.
On the plus side, Maryland has a “great quality of life” and a highly educated workforce, said economist Anirban Basu. On the downside, it has high taxes and a perceived bad attitude toward business.
Analysis: Health planners say Md. needs better info on reform
Marylanders need better access to primary care doctors and more information about their medical choices, according to a group of doctors and nurses, insurance companies, and business groups advising the state about how to implement federal health care reform legislation.
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