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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, Andres Alonso, American Civil Liberties Union, Baltimore County, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Landmark plan to invest $1 billion in city schools delayed
The Baltimore SunA minority of lawmakers convinced the House of Delegates Wednesday to delay voting on a landmark plan to invest about $1 billion in building and replacing Baltimore schools. About 40 delegates, mostly Republicans, asked for another day to examine the...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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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: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Road Transportation, Public Transportation, Politics, Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Gas tax increase advances in House of Delegates
The House of Delegates turned back a series of amendments Wednesday night seeking to derail a transportation revenue bill backed by Gov. Martin O'Malley, a strong indication that Democratic leaders have enough votes to raise the state's gas tax for the...
Tags: Elections, Government, Regional Authority, Inflation and Deflation, Thomas V. Mike Miller
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Advocates for legal marijuana take first steps
As the Maryland Senate voted Tuesday to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, advocates for legalizing the drug saw an opening move in a multiyear effort to make it completely legal. "I think the taboo has been lifted on talking about...
Tags: Conservation, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Prisons, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Robert A. Zirkin
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Assembly leaders back financing plan for $1 billion in city school construction
General Assembly leaders have agreed on a financing plan to allow Baltimore to spend nearly $1 billion on a sweeping program to replace and repair dilapidated school buildings over the next seven years.
House Speaker Michael E. Busch and Senate President...Tags: Maryland Stadium Authority, Education, Finance, Teaching and Learning, Politics
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Attorney for student who was suspended for gun-shaped pastry files appeal
An attorney for an Anne Arundel County 7-year-old suspended from school for nibbling a breakfast pastry into the shape of a pistol is seeking to have the student's record expunged, and said he plans to appeal to Maryland's highest court if necessary....Tags: Glen Burnie, Satellite and Cable Service, Students, Lawyers, Teaching and Learning
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House committee approves gas tax increase
A House of Delegates committee approved a plan Monday to raise taxes on gasoline by 3.8 cents July 1 as part of broader revenue package to pay for transportation projects. The rise in the gas tax, which would be followed by more increases over the next...
Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Politics, Maryland Department of Transportation, Montgomery County (Maryland), Government
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Business, labor groups back gas tax increase
Representatives of business and labor groups urged Maryland lawmakers Friday to fall in line behind Gov. Martin O'Malley plan to raise taxes on gasoline to fund transportation projects. At a morning news conference in Lawyers Mall outside the State...Tags: Government, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Port of Baltimore, Baltimore Red Line, Martin O'Malley
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Top Democrats seek votes to raise gas taxes
With three weeks left in the General Assembly session, Gov. Martin O'Malley and legislative leaders have begun the painstaking process of rounding up the votes to raise taxes on gasoline — a move so unpopular it hasn't been done here since 1992....
Tags: Prince George's County, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Justice System, Traffic, Maryland Department of Transportation
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House votes to repeal death penalty
The General Assembly voted to repeal the death penalty Friday, calling for an end to Maryland's 375-year history of capital punishment and joining a growing number of states outlawing the practice. After nearly two hours of impassioned debate, the House...
Tags: Prince George's County, Punishment, Lobbying, Lawyers, U.S. Supreme Court
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MPT's Davis gets singular Annapolis honor
Lou Davis, the dean of State House reporters, cracked the Annapolis equivalent of the "glass ceiling" Friday as he became the only journalist honored with a meal in his name at Chick & Ruth's deli of Main Street. Gov. Martin O'Malley and House Speaker...Tags: Sandwiches, Human Interest, Annapolis, Lifestyle and Leisure, Martin O'Malley
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