Full coverage of the state Court of Appeals' decision to reject Gov. Parris N. Glendening's legislative redistricting plan and draw its own new map.
Primary now up to Md. voters
Voters go to the polls today to select Democratic and Republican nominees for almost every elected office in Maryland, less than three months after the state's highest court scrambled the legislative redistricting process. Read more ...
Calls to judges weren't criminal, report says
Six state legislators did not abuse their offices by contacting judges about pending redistricting lawsuits, State Prosecutor Stephen Montanarelli concluded in a report released yesterday. Read more ...
Redrawn map confounds voters
At Charles Village's annual festival in early June, a team of incumbent state legislators showed up for an early round of election-year politicking. Read more ...
Inquiry of lawmakers who contacted judges on remapping complete
The General Assembly's ethics committee completed its investigation last night into the actions of six lawmakers who contacted Court of Appeals judges about lawsuits against the state's redistricting plan. Read more ...
Miller defends calls to judges
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller mounted an aggressive defense of his comments to judges of the state's highest court yesterday, contending that Republican leaders filed a complaint alleging professional misconduct for "purely political purposes." Read more ...
Sharper boundaries put cloudier future in front of Hoffman
Barbara A. Hoffman glanced around at the inside of her brick ranch home yesterday and reminded herself that the bathrooms need some work. Plumbing and painting mostly. Read more ...
Redistricting muddle raises hopes of Md. Republicans
The decision by Maryland's highest court this week to strike down Gov. Parris N. Glendening's redistricting map is giving Republicans renewed hope in their campaign to wrest control of the State House for the first time in more than 30 years. Read more ...
Court urged to use non-Marylanders for help with map
Maryland's highest court was asked yesterday to hire redistricting consultants only from out of state as it redraws the legislative map because Marylanders could have political "baggage." Read more ...
The court's challenge
FACED WITH brazen political muscle-flexing, the Maryland Court of Appeals took responsibility this week for redrawing the boundaries of Maryland's legislative districts. Read more ...
Court of Appeals rejects state redistricting map
Maryland's highest court struck down the state's newly drawn legislative map yesterday, leaving candidates for all 188 General Assembly seats without clear districts in which to campaign for a primary election just three months away. Read more ...
Candidates living in limbo after map ruling
When the governor released his new General Assembly map, Del. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam was dismayed to learn that her longtime home in Baltimore was no longer in the district she had represented for two terms. So she decided to move. Read more ...
Opponents of governor's redistricting plan make final pitch to state Court of Appeals
Opponents of the governor's legislative redistricting plan took their final shot yesterday at persuading Maryland's highest court to toss out or revise the map, arguing it divides communities so often as to be unconstitutional. Read more ...
Judges review redistricting plan
Opponents of Maryland's legislative redistricting plan made a final pitch to the Court of Appeals today to reject Gov. Parris Glendening's plan and draw new districts for the fall election of 188 General Assembly members. Read more ...
GOP leader asks court for redistricting inquiry
The Maryland Court of Appeals should name the Anne Arundel County state's attorney to investigate whether four Democratic state senators illegally tried to influence judges' decisions in a big redistricting case, state Republican Party Chairman Michael S. Steele said yesterday. Read more ...
Beyond arrogance
AS A RESULT of their political successes, Maryland Democrats hold nearly absolute power over the obscure but critically important task of redrawing legislative district lines. That process virtually guarantees continued domination of state legislative and congressional offices because the party in control of the governor's office picks its voters. Read more ...
Hearing on governor's redistricting map ends
Ending three days of testimony, critics and defenders of the governor's legislative redistricting plan gave closing arguments yesterday in about a dozen lawsuits calling for the map to be redrawn because of claims that it hurts minority representation and splits communities. Read more ...
Suits claim bias in remap
Gov. Parris N. Glendening says his redistricting map is legally sound, but a growing number of state and federal lawsuits allege his plan discriminates against minorities and illegally divides communities. Read more ...
Redistricting fight to move to legal arena
By the end of today, the State House politicking over redrawing Maryland's legislative districts will be officially completed and a new map will become law. Now the battle moves to the courts. Read more ...
Political map has minor changes
Gov. Parris N. Glendening released his state redistricting proposal yesterday, a plan his aides said would improve the chances for minorities to win election to the General Assembly but which some Baltimore lawmakers said failed to address their concerns. Read more ...
Issues before the Maryland legislature
Budget/taxes: This year, the state is expected to collect $520 million less in taxes than once thought, and automatic spending increases are scheduled to cost about $700 million. To plug the $1.2 billion hole, lawmakers might delay the final stage of an income tax cut, dip into nearly $1 billion in reserves and pay for construction projects with loans rather than cash on hand. Read more ...
