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Opinion: Lawmakers Are Finally Moving To End Child Interrogation, And Let's Not Stop There
Marylanders applaud the bipartisan effort to pass the Child Interrogation Protection Act.
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Advocates Push To Retain Building Standards In Climate Legislation After Major Pushback
The lead sponsors of the package are Sen. Paul G. Pinsky (D-Prince George's), and Dels. Kumar P. Barve (D-Montgomery) and Dana M. Stein (D).
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Opinion: Modernizing The Electric Grid Isn't Just About Wires
(The author, of NAACP Maryland, disagrees with the recent commentary by Jason Stanek, chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission.)
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Election Officials Face Uncertainty, Heavy Workload Amid Redistricting Challenges
Garreis said local boards of elections are already recruiting election workers and looking for polling places for the primary.
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Political Notes: Schulz Airs First TV Ad; Apology On The House Floor; Money For Baker; Money From Woolford; More
The ad features Schulz standing in a classroom, addressing the camera, while graphics list highlights of her Parental Bill of Rights.
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Opinion: 2022 Is Shaping Up To Be The Year Of Conservation In Maryland
A small freshwater fish called the Maryland darter – the only known species unique to Maryland – might not be top of mind for legislators.
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Lifting Mask Mandates In Public Schools Gets Final Approval By Legislative Committee
The board's decision to rescind the emergency regulation could not go into effect until approved by the state regulation review committee.
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Powerful Groups Take Aim At Aggressive Building Standards In Climate Legislation
Opponents are suggesting that the goals in the legislation — and the timeline for achieving them — are too ambitious and too costly.
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Luedtke & Guzzone: Tax Relief And Work Opportunities — Two Birds, One Stone
Labor shortages and high unemployment are defining characteristics of the economic fallout of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Political Notes: Delegate Seeks Apology; Drama In District 23; A New Hoyer Foe; Harden's National Security Play; More
About 1,700 Maryland students were charged under the law in 2019.
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Frank DeFilippo: Black History Month Ends With A Lesson On Organization Politics
The drive involved the well-traveled pattern of people moving in straight lines. Black residents followed footprints of Jewish residents.
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Cannabis Legalization Legislation Headed To The Senate
“We're at the beginning of an important process where we begin to look at how we have treated the substance — cannabis” -- Clippinger
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Alsobrooks: Peter Shapiro Is Eminently Qualified To Be Our Next Planning Board Chair
Democrat Alsobrooks called it a "privilege" to be able to make numerous appointments over the years, to "help move the county forward."
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Political Notes: Delegate Seeks Apology, Drama In District 23, A New Hoyer Foe, Harden's National Security Play; More
About 1,700 Maryland students were charged under the law in 2019.
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Maryland Approves Plan To Help Beleaguered Motorists Settle Unpaid Tolls
In addition, MDTA, owner of the toll facilities, will stop forwarding names of customers with overdue accounts to the MV administration.
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Senate Leaders Vow To Pass Paid Family Leave Policy This Year
“For over two years, we have suffered through an unbelievable, unimaginable pandemic. Marylanders are still struggling" -- Ferguson
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Lawmakers React As U.S. Imposes New Sanctions On Russia To Target Banks, High-Tech Imports; Maryland Leaders Condemn Invasion
Gov. Lawrence Hogan called the invasion of Ukraine “a barbarous military assault from a deranged autocrat.”
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Republican Lawmakers' Challenges To New Congressional Maps Survive Motions To Dismiss
Many of the claims, brought by Republicans and a national conservative group, the report states, will be allowed to go forward.
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House Advances Measure Establishing Marijuana Referendum
HB 837 is “contingent” legislation that would lay out a framework for how legalization would work if the referendum passes in November.
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Federal Judge Blocks Baltimore County Council Redistricting Plan
Five of seven districts in the plan approved by the county council in December were majority white; another had a 46.17% white multitude.