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Two Washington County legislators back colleague's SWAT bill
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comAn operation by Maryland State Police near Sharpsburg last year prompted two Washington County legislators to introduce a bill during the current session of the Maryland General Assembly requiring the chief of the primary law enforcement agency in a...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Crime, Law and Justice, Maryland State Police, Terry Porter, Law Enforcement
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Parrott wants to raise highway speed limits to 70 mph
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comA bill introduced by Del. Neil Parrott, R-Washington, in the current session of the General Assembly seeks to give the State Highway Administration the ability to raise the maximum speed limit on interstates, state expressways and some other highways to...Tags: Montgomery County (Virginia), Montgomery County (Maryland), U.S. Congress, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Highway Transportation
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Washington County students serve, learn as General Assembly pages
andrews@herald-mail.comFour Washington County high school students had supporting roles in keeping the wheels of state government turning in recent weeks. Each spent two weeks as a Maryland General Assembly page. Valerie Downs of Williamsport, a senior home-schooled through...Tags: Patrick Henry, Same-Sex Marriage, Montgomery County (Maryland), Government, Maryland General Assembly
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Senate panel backs regulating scooters
andrews@herald-mail.comState lawmakers on Thursday took a step toward regulating mopeds and motor scooters and requiring their operators to have licenses and insurance. The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee passed a scooter bill, despite the protest of one senator who...Tags: Insurance, Vehicles, James Brochin, Justice System, Katherine Klausmeier
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Panel kills petition confidentiality bill
A Senate committee has killed a Republican-sponsored bill to shield from public scrutiny the names and personal information of people who sign petitions to bring General Assembly-passed bills to referendum. The Senate Education, Health and...Tags: Elections, Polls, Nancy Jacobs, Politics
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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: Human Interest, Martin O'Malley, NAACP, Prisons, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Death penalty repeal gains 4 co-sponsors over 2012
The Maryland Senate moved a little closer to a majority willing to vote for full repeal of the death penalty Friday as 21 senators -- four more than last year -- agreed to co-sponsor the legislation in that chamber. This year the bill also has the full-...Tags: Edward R. Reilly, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Martin O'Malley, Prince George's County, Elections
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Lawmakers want special session to stick to budget
In theory, a special session of the General Assembly could be an opportunity raise any issue a legislator wanted to attempt to put on the agenda. In reality, there seems to be virtually no desire on the part of lawmakers to deal with anything but the...Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Prince George's County, Montgomery County (Maryland), Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Martin O'Malley, Government, Annapolis, James C. Rosapepe
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Senate passes bill banning smoking with young child in car
The Maryland Senate passed a bill Wednesday morning that would make it illegal for a driver or passenger to smoke in a vehicle occupied by a child under 8 years old. Senators voted 27-19 to send the bill to the House of Delegates after a lively debate...Tags: Jamin B. Raskin, Human Rights, U.S. Senate, Politics
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Bill banning smoking with child in car faces fight
Republican senators sent strong signals Tuesday that they intend to put up a fight over a bill that would ban smoking in a vehicle occupied by a child under 8 -- a proposal some GOP lawmakers see as an intrusion into people's private space. The...Tags: Edward R. Reilly, Abusive Behavior, U.S. Senate, Republican Party, Robert A. Zirkin
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Bill banning smoking in cars with kids survives
A bill that would ban smoking in vehicles occupied by children under 8 survived an attempt to love it to death on the Senate floor Friday morning as proponents managed to reverse the vote on an amendment that probably would have doomed the legislation....Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, John C. Astle, Human Rights, Elections, U.S. Senate
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