Tag: Justin Ready
8 state senators get free rides to reelection, with no opponents in primary or fall
For the second four-year election cycle in a row, Howard County Sen. Guy Guzzone, one of the most powerful legislators in Annapolis as chair of the Budget and Taxation Committee, has no opponent in the Democratic primary and no Republican challenger in the fall.
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Sen. Klausmeier: Student sex offenders must be kept off school campuses
Emergency legislation would require public schools to find off-campus alternative learning arrangements for students who are registered sex offenders.
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Hogan wants more openness, more names in filling legislative seats
In filling the three legislative vacancies he has created in building his new administration, Gov.-elect Larry Hogan said he’d like to see a more open nominating process used by the Republican central committees and more candidate names for him to fill the seats. Hogan told reporters: “We’d like to encourage them to make the process more transparent.”
Read MoreUnion service fees for all teachers would have to be negotiated
Service fees for representation by teachers unions in over half of Maryland’s counties would have to be negotiated under a bill that passed the House of Delegates last week and has a Senate hearing Tuesday. The fees would have to be paid by non-union members for bargaining and other services provided by the unions.
Read MoreInitiatives to increase Open Meetings Act compliance approved by House subcommittee
Two bills trying to increase compliance with Open Meetings Act were approved by the Government Operations Subcommittee Thursday.
Read MorePodcast: Supporters of gay marriage celebrate, opponents predict voters will reject law
In this podcast by reporter Duane Keenan, we hear reactions to the passage of the same-sex marriage bill in the House of Delegates from legislators Luke Clippinger, Heather Mizeur, Pat McDonough, Justin Ready, Michael Smigiel and Speaker Michael Busch.
Read MorePodcast: The General Assembly remembers Martin Luther King Jr.
Duane Keenan attended Monday night’s rallies and ceremonies around the State House honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Read MoreHouse gives tentative OK to $34 billion budget, rejecting GOP cuts
The full House of Delegates gave preliminary approval Wednesday night to an overall state budget of $34 billion for fiscal 2012, 2.8% higher than this year. After nearly 4½ hours of debate, the budget as passed by the House Appropriations Committee emerged unscathed. The House rejected a series of 14 amendments to cut the budget with various components of the Republican budget proposal or to add pieces of failed bills.
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