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Delegate who helped kill pit bull bill seeks special session
Three days after the General Assembly ended its 2013 legislative session, there's already a call to bring lawmakers back to Annapolis for what would be their fourth special session in a two-year span. Del. Benjamin F. Kramer, a Montgomery County...Tags: Humane Society of the United States, Pets, Montgomery County (Maryland), Justice System, Politics
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Democrats cost Md. taxpayers
Once again, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and the Democratic Party have shown their lack of respect for Maryland residents. They chose to cost us hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue when we had a Republican governor who wanted to...
Tags: Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Politics, Executive Branch, Government
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O'Malley warns of 'job-killing' sequester cuts
Gov. Martin O'Malley warned Sunday morning that Maryland faces "job-killing cuts" if Congress allows a wave of automatic spending reductions to take place this Friday as scheduled. Appearing on CBS' Face the Nation alongside Virginia Republican Gov. Bob...Tags: Chris Christie, Immigration, CBS Corp., Bob McDonnell, Health
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Hard road for gas tax
February can be the cruelest month. In the midst of the cold, gray winter bleakness, it's tempting to daydream of a simpler life without hard work, heavy lifting or personal sacrifice, where nobody ever has to pay more in taxes yet all necessities of...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Bankruptcy, Elections, Politics, Executive Branch
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Senate panel approves death penalty repeal, altered gun bill
The General Assembly took an important step toward repealing Maryland's death penalty Thursday night when a key committee, for the first time in decades, approved a bill to end capital punishment. The Senate Judicial Proceedings committee voted 6-5 to...
Tags: James Brochin, Death Penalty, Criminal Laws, Laws, Punishment
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Miller says state must act now to fund transportation
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller testified Wednesday that Maryland's shortage of funds for transportation projects is a crisis that needs to be addressed now. Appearing before the Senate Budget & Taxation Committee, Miller said his proposed...
Tags: Purple Line (Maryland), Public Transportation, Montgomery County (Maryland), Politics, Frederick County (Virginia)
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General Assembly approves gas tax hike
The Maryland General Assembly gave final approval Friday to Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed gas tax increase, raising costs for motorists while providing an infusion of hundreds of millions of dollars a year for new roads and mass transit projects. The...
Tags: Public Transportation, Politics, Transportation, Government, Michael E. Busch
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Md. House still 'ruminating' on assault weapons ban
The Baltimore SunFour weeks after Gov. Martin O'Malley's gun-control bill passed the Senate, a key House committee has yet to schedule a vote and continues to debate whether to scale it back. Among the possible changes still on the table: whether to take the AR-15 and a...Tags: Weaponry, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Gun Control, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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House passes city school construction bill
The House of Delegates overwhelmingly approved a $1.1 billion plan Friday to rebuild Baltimore's deteriorated school buildings, sending the bill to the Senate. The vote was 107 to 30, with about a dozen Republicans joining all Democrats in supporting the...
Tags: St. Mary's County, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Elections, Republican Party, John A. Olszewski, Jr.
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House committee passes school construction bill
With bipartisan help from sympathetic lawmakers, Baltimore won a House committee's approval Tuesday for a $1 billion plan to replace and repair old schools. The Appropriations Committee voted 21-3 to send the plan to the House floor. Senate President...
Tags: St. Mary's County, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Andres Alonso, American Civil Liberties Union, Justice System
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Senate approves O'Malley's budget
The Baltimore SunGov. Martin O'Malley's budget for next year was approved by the Senate after an unusually brief debate Wednesday in a sign of the state's improved fiscal condition. Senators voted 42-5 to pass the $36.8 billion budget and send it to a conference...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Elections, Republican Party, Politics, Martin O'Malley
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GOP delegates denounce gas tax increase
Hours before the House was scheduled to debate a proposed increase in gas taxes supported by Gov. Martin O'Malley, Republicans lawmakers excoriated the plan Wednesday as a $2 billion drain on taxpayers' wallets over the next six years. House Republicans...Tags: Public Transportation, Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland), Politics, Transportation, Baltimore County
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