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Md. Senate panel considers abortion-reporting bill
Proponents of a bill to require hospitals and abortion providers to report the number of pregnancies they terminate argue the measure would improve women’s health care.
The bill, which the state Senate Finance Committee considered Wednesday,...Tags: Barry Glassman, Social Issues, Hospitals and Clinics, Family Planning, Health
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Md. House passes offshore wind bill
The Maryland House of Delegates voted 88-47 on Friday for a scaled-back measure to help develop offshore wind off the coast of Ocean City in as soon as five years. Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley is backing the legislation again this year after...Tags: Environmental Issues, Executive Branch, Maryland General Assembly, Wind Power, Republican Party
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Bill that would have allowed county volunteer fire, rescue companies to bill for services is withdrawn
julieg@herald-mail.comA state bill that would have allowed Washington County’s volunteer fire and rescue companies to bill for services has been withdrawn from consideration. According to an email from Del. Andrew Serafini, R-Washington, the bill and a similar one in...Tags: Companies and Corporations, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Crime, Law and Justice, Insurance, Health
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Md. lawmakers to resume debate on offshore wind energy bill
Capital News ServiceMaryland lawmakers are preparing to resume debate on one of Gov. Martin O'Malley's major green initiatives, an offshore wind energy bill that stalled during the last legislative session amid concerns about the cost to utility companies and their...Tags: Alternative Energy, Executive Branch, Environmental Issues, Paul G Pinsky, Wind Power
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Experts to review Md. psychiatric hospital security
State health officials have hired outside consultants to review a maximum-security psychiatric hospital in Maryland after the third slaying there in 13 months. Gayle Jordan-Randolph, clinical director of the Mental Hygiene Administration, Wednesday...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland)
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Md. Senate panel considers indoor tanning ban
State Sen. Jamie Raskin said he believes teenagers should be denied access to electric tanning beds. Raskin presented his bill to ban minors from indoor tanning beds to the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday afternoon. The legislation would prohibit...Tags: Skin Cancer, Crime, Law and Justice, Howard County
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W.Va. Legislature passes 'cracker' plant tax break
Associated PressSpurred by the prospect of thousands of jobs, West Virginia would slash property taxes for 25 years in exchange for the construction of a chemical plant tied to the region’s Marcellus shale industry, under fast-tracked legislation passed Wednesday...Tags: Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations, Netherlands, Chemicals, Energy Resources
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Money still in play for Cacapon State Park improvements
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comLegislation that authorizes up to $52.5 million in bonds for capital improvements at Cacapon State Park in Morgan County and one other state park is still “very much alive” in what is shaping up to be a tight budget year, state Sen. Herb...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Personal Service, Politics
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W.Va. governor race enters final days
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comEarl Ray Tomblin says his 30-plus years of experience in the West Virginia Legislature gives him a “unique background” that would serve him well if elected governor on Oct. 4. Republican Bill Maloney, perhaps not surprisingly, contends his...Tags: West Virginia Legislature, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Pa. sales tax full of exemptions
In Pennsylvania, even trout get a tax break. Exemptions potentially worth billions of dollars in revenue riddle the state sales tax law, and the purchase of brook trout, brown trout and rainbow trout is one of the dozens of transactions that the...Tags: Trout, Air Transportation Industry, Mike Brubaker, Over-the-Counter Medicines, Politics
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Wastewater treatment plant legislation clears Senate Finance Committee
Legislation that would help Eastern Panhandle communities pay for upgrades to wastewater treatment plants to meet environmental standards targeting Chesapeake Bay cleanup cleared the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. State Sen. Herb Snyder, D-...Tags: Water, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Herb Snyder
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Bay cleanup bill passes hurdle in W.Va. Senate
Legislation that would help Eastern Panhandle communities pay for upgrades to wastewater treatment plants to meet environmental standards targeting Chesapeake Bay cleanup cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday. State Sen. Herb Snyder, D-...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Herb Snyder, Elections, Finance, Politics
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