By Erich Wagner [email protected] Bars and restaurants would have to turn on closed captioning of their TVs if patrons ask for it, according to a bill advancing through the Senate that has apparently rankled even the agency that proposed it. The bill had been...
Len Lazarick
State funding for stem cell research at issue again
Andy Rosen [email protected] House and Senate committees appear ready to renew the annual tug-of-war over the controversial state spending on stem cell research. Gov. Martin O’Malley has proposed to give the program $12.4 million for grants to research...
State Roundup Feb. 19, 2010
In today's roundup, we have a collection of bills trying to prevent distracted driving, Maryland retains its Triple A bond rating, and Sen. Andy Harris continues to fight Senate President Mike Miller. DISTRACTED DRIVING: Julie Bykowicz has the report for The Baltimore...
Podcast: The bills that wouldn’t go away
They’re back! Some bills just never go away. Maryland Public Television’s Lou Davis and State House Reporter Tom LoBianco join Andy to talk about some of the week’s bills that seem like repeats from last year.
Analysis: UMB audit likely fodder for budget hearings
A key budget chairman says he’ll be looking to make sure $410,000 in questionable payment to official doesn’t happen again.
Sen. Harris refuses to fire aide, bucking Senate president
By Len Lazarick [email protected] Republican Sen. Andy Harris is refusing to fire his chief of staff Kathy Szeliga, as Democratic Senate President Mike Miller told him he should. Szeliga is also not planning to stop her unofficial campaign for the House of...
Push for millionaire’s tax appears unlikely to succeed
By Erich Wagner [email protected] Some lawmakers want to keep Maryland millionaires paying an extra income tax surcharge set to expire in December, but the idea has run into heavy bipartisan opposition in both the House and Senate. A Senate bill filed this...
Bills would strip governor of Senate appointment power
By Erich Wagner [email protected] Lawmakers are trying to the power of Maryland's governor to appoint U.S. senators in the wake of three high-profile vacancies in other states since the last national election, but they have different ideas about how to make...
State Roundup Feb. 18, 2010
LAWMAKER PENSIONS: State senators defeated an attempt by Sen Andy Harris to alter their pensions and reduce their pay, reports The Associated Press. WBAL has audio of part of the testy exchange between Republican Senator Andy Harris and Democratic Senator Richard...
Jobs tax credit has support, but not enthusiasm
By Andy Rosen [email protected] Lawmakers expect to pass a proposal to reward employers who hire people off unemployment rolls, but some who support it are not sure how effective the move will be. Identical bills in the House and Senate proposed by Gov. Martin...
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