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State Roundup: Subpoena for McGrath; counting ball...
By Cynthia Prairie | Sep 24, 2020 | State Roundup, Uncategorized | 0 |
State Roundup: GA leaders say no to special sessio...
By Cynthia Prairie | Sep 17, 2020 | State Roundup, Uncategorized | 0 |
State Roundup: State tells voters to ignore ‘...
By Cynthia Prairie | Sep 15, 2020 | State Roundup, Uncategorized | 0 |
State Roundup: Baltimore City keeps stay-at-home o...
By Meg Tully | May 15, 2020 | State Roundup, Uncategorized | 0 |
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Read MoreState Roundup: Subpoena for McGrath; counting ballots by hand; Sen. Hough fears town bankruptcy from brutality lawsuits
by Cynthia Prairie | Sep 24, 2020 | State Roundup, Uncategorized | 0 |
Web delivered ballots must be hand-copied to be counted; Sen. Hough fears town bankruptcy from brutality lawsuits,
Read MoreState Roundup: GA leaders say no to special session as lawmakers push legislation to reduce health care disparities
by Cynthia Prairie | Sep 17, 2020 | State Roundup, Uncategorized | 0 |
GA leaders say no to special session as state lawmakers push legislation to reduce health care disparities.
Read MoreState Roundup: State tells voters to ignore ‘vague’ USPS election instructions
by Cynthia Prairie | Sep 15, 2020 | State Roundup, Uncategorized | 0 |
State tells voters to ignore ‘vague’ USPS election instructions
Read MoreState Roundup: Baltimore City keeps stay-at-home order, joining Montgomery and P.G. counties
by Meg Tully | May 15, 2020 | State Roundup, Uncategorized | 0 |
Gov. Larry Hogan lifts statewide stay-at-home order at 5 p.m. but the action won’t affect at least half of Marylanders.
Read MoreDebts put some Marylanders in jail
by Capital News Service | May 17, 2019 | General Assembly, News, Uncategorized | 0 |
Jailing a person for an unpaid debt has been illegal for almost two centuries in the United States.But in Maryland, through a roundabout court procedure, hundreds of people every year are jailed for essentially just that: Owing money.
Read MoreState Roundup, March 25, 2019
by Cynthia Prairie | Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |
House OKs creation of Prescription Drug Affordability Board to set limits on state, local government payouts for medications for its employees; Montgomery lawmaker to yank bill that would allow development at unused portion of Baltimore County cemetery; UMMS official face wrath of House committee over board of directors “self-dealing,” promising audit of its board relationships; numerous red flags were evident at UMMS; as Mayor Catherine Pugh gets ready for re-election bid, her earlier claims and promises come back to haunt; and just where are all those ‘Healthy Holly’ books anyway?; and Supreme Court set to hear Maryland, N.C. gerrymandering cases on Tuesday.
Read MorePlea Deals Part 2: Bargaining while stuck in jail
by Capital News Service | Jun 13, 2018 | News, Uncategorized | 0 |
An analysis of voided convictions in Baltimore found that 97 percent of the defendants were held in custody after their arrest. Studies have found that those in custody are much more likely to plead guilty, and those behind bars have a weaker bargaining position.
Read MoreChinese sister state promoting more trade with Maryland
by Len Lazarick | May 30, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 |
This week, Anhui province has sent its largest delegation to Maryland with the aim of increasing trade and tourism. Gov. Larry Hogan declared the week Maryland-Anhui Promotion Week, and “both want to re-invigorate the partnership,” said Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford Tuesday kicking off a two-day event at the Rockville Hilton.
Read MoreMontgomery minimum wage impact report under scrutiny
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | News, Uncategorized | 0 |
Taxpayers are paying for a lengthy study that concluded a proposed $15 minimum wage in Montgomery County would lead to fewer jobs, but which businesses participated in the study isn’t being made public.
Read MoreEllicott City stairway catches the eye and stormwater
by Maryland Reporter | Apr 27, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 |
An earthquake, and then a flood, forced officials to repair a parking lot retaining wall in hilly Ellicott City. Howard County’s innovative repair job did more than restore the wall — it netted the community an architecturally designed staircase, showy native gardens, a waterfall, less stormwater pollution of the Patapsco River and a BUBBA.
Read MoreState Roundup, April 12, 2017
by Cynthia Prairie | Apr 12, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 |
Gov. Hogan signs many bills, including rewrite of public integrity law and ones to give tax breaks to manufacturers and some commercial developers in Arundel; also passing were bills to stop price gouging by drugmakers and to fight opioid crisis, while other progressive bills failed including cleaning up medical marijuana program and preventing child marriages; Black Caucus calls for special session to fix medical marijuana program; many laud session for its bipartisanship; poll finds Hogan 2nd most popular governor in country; Atty Gen Frosh sees his power expanded; and as Comptroller Franchot seeks to overhaul state’s “outdated” liquor laws, Guinness likely to return to Annapolis to seek more beer selling concessions.
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