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One special session down, another to go?
State Sen. Jamie Raskin likens the prospect of being called back to Annapolis for another special session to the plight of a middle school student being told on the last day of classes that he has to attend summer school. But the Montgomery County...
Tags: Government, Frederick County (Virginia), Voting, Executive Branch, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Streamline the state legislature
Reading about the recently-concluded special session gave me an idea ("O'Malley faces political risks of tax increases," May 17). Seeing as how this session was called only after Gov. Martin O'Malley, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House...Tags: Michael E. Busch, Maryland General Assembly, Martin O'Malley, Politics, Government
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Law puts social studies back in the limelight
Social studies, a subject that had been demoted in Maryland schools in recent years, will regain some of its past educational stature under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Martin O'Malley.
Under the legislation — one of hundreds of bills O'Malley...Tags: Judges, Government, Education, Personal Income, Science
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Senators expecting special session May 14-15
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller has asked members of his Democratic caucus to set aside May 14 and 15 for what he hopes will be a two-days-and-out special session to revive a tax increase bill that died the last night of the regular session and...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Edward J Kasemeyer, Government, Democratic Party, Personal Income
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Md. Senate Democrats hold caucus
Democratic members of the Maryland Senate caucused Wednesday morning in Annapolis, apparently summoned by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller to discuss the prospects for special sessions of the General Assembly this year. More than half the members...Tags: Prince George's County, Government, Politics, Democratic Party, Regional Authority
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Legislation would give state voters more political gift information
In more than 30 states, if a corporate chieftain were to ask top executives to contribute to a politician, an inquisitive voter could easily learn that the firm was bankrolling the candidate.
But not in Maryland. Campaigns are not required to disclose...Tags: Values, Employment Opportunities, Martin O'Malley, Government, Allan H. Kittleman
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Gingrich brings presidential campaign to Maryland
For Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, campaigning in Maryland on Tuesday represented something of a political homecoming. It was nearly 20 years ago that Gingrich, then a Georgia congressman, hatched the outlines of the "Contract with...
Tags: Ron Paul, Government, Democratic Party, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich
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Key races, little interest as primary nears
Despite high-profile races — including a Republican presidential contest that brought the candidates swinging through the state and a nationally significant House race in Western Maryland — elections officials predict that turnout could fall...Tags: Primaries, Government, Democratic Party, Severna Park, Mitt Romney
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House, Senate conferees square off on taxes
House and Senate negotiators squared off Monday over the issue of taxes -- and the question wasn't whether to raise them but who should pay. The five senators and five delegates on the revenue bill conference gathered in the afternoon at the...Tags: Michael E. Busch, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting
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Legislators back at work after 6th District losses
andrews@herald-mail.comThe three state legislators who lost in Tuesday’s 6th Congressional District primaries were back at work in Annapolis on Wednesday, as their parties tried to coalesce and focus on winning the Nov. 6 general election. State Sen.Robert J. Garagiola,...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Politics, Democratic Party, Elections, Republican Party
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Budget standoff broken, but no agreement yet
General Assembly negotiators broke a prolonged standoff over the state budget late Thursday as the Senate agreed to spare Marylanders making under $100,000 any income tax increase. The Senate proposal did not resolve the budget issues still facing the...Tags: Taxation, Martin O'Malley, Edward J Kasemeyer, Politics, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Assembly still hasn't passed a budget
Pushing legislative brinkmanship to its limits, the General Assembly will go into the last scheduled day of its 90-day session Monday without an agreement on the one thing it must get done under Maryland's Constitution: pass a balanced budget. Most...Tags: Taxation, Martin O'Malley, Referenda, Garrett County, George C. Edwards
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