It was an unusual sight Monday night as hundreds of people joined hands and encircled the State House to show support for wind power legislation. More than 400 turned out to push for final passage of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s offshore wind energy bill, which passed the House of Delegates last week and must now clear the Senate.
Len Lazarick
Remembering the final battle of World War II
Fredericksburg in Central Texas seems an odd place for the National Museum of the Pacific, but there we were this weekend to honor some of the men who fought the final battle of World War II on Okinawa.
Bartlett supporters attack Brinkley over marital problems
After weeks of a relatively subdued campaign, a group allegedly aligned with 10-term Republican Roscoe Bartlett sent a bombshell of an email on Saturday to registered Republicans in Montgomery County’s newly drawn 6th Congressional District attacking Sen. David Brinkley.
Suspending child support payments for inmates stirs Senate debate
Legislation that would suspend child support payments for those serving more than an 18 month prison sentence was threatened in the Senate Friday by an amendment that supporters say would gut the bill.
House approves offshore wind bill 88-47, administration accused of coercion
The House passed the administration’s offshore wind power bill Friday amid accusations Gov. Martin O’Malley secured votes on the House Economic Matters Committee by coercing lawmakers with the state’s disparity grant program.
State Roundup, March 30, 2012
O’Malley commutes two murderers’ sentences; health care reform moves forward in Maryland despite the U.S. Supreme Court case; $1.1 billion capital budget passes Senate; gay marriage supporters highlight opponents’ tactics; offshore wind nears vote; O’Malley endorses Garagiola for 6th District; GOP U.S. Senate hopefuls debate in Anne Arundel.
GOP Senate candidates debate economy, taxes, policy
Six Republicans vying to challenge U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin in November sparred over foreign policy, Supreme Court nominees and Obamacare at a debate sponsored by the state GOP and the Anne Arundel County Republican Central Committee.
State moves forward with health care program as Supreme Court questions federal law
As the U.S. Supreme Court heard its third and final day of arguments Wednesday on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care law, Maryland plunged ahead in preparing the state for the law’s implementation.
Despite concerns that the 2010 Affordable Care Act could be overturned by the Supreme Court, both chambers of the General Assembly have approved bills backed by Gov. Martin O’Malley that lay the groundwork for the execution of the federal law on the state level.
O’Malley wind-power bill sails toward passage
The House cleared the O’Malley administration’s offshore wind power bill for final passage Thursday — enduring heavy gusts from Republican lawmakers who questioned the cost and viability of putting 40 wind turbines off the coast of Ocean City.
Negative campaigning ratchets up in 2nd District GOP primary
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.
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