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Ehrlich takes stand for Currie in bribery trial
Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. testified Wednesday on behalf of state Sen. Ulysses S. Currie, calling him "a gentleman" and "very friendly." Ehrlich, a Republican, and Currie, a Democrat, were elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1986, a...Tags: Annapolis, Regional Authority, Maryland General Assembly, Executive Branch, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy
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Md. power elite close ranks around Currie
The No. 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives called Ulysses S. Currie a "decent, honest person." A former governor said he is "a gentleman." And Maryland's lieutenant governor described him as a "man of strong integrity."
It was an outpouring fit...Tags: Fraud, Barbara A. Mikulski, Executive Branch, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, Marvin Mandel
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Senate must remove Currie from office
What does it take to get a bribery conviction in Maryland? State Sen. Ulysses Currie, who took a quarter-million dollars from a grocery store chain to advocate on its behalf, and who told no one about the arrangement, was just found not guilty on...Tags: Annapolis, Ulysses Currie, Executive Branch, Laws, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy
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O'Malley voices disapproval of law school clinic's pollution suit
Gov. Martin O'Malley has revived a simmering political dispute over the University of Maryland law school's role in a lawsuit accusing an Eastern Shore farm and the Perdue poultry company of polluting a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. In a letter that...Tags: Richard F. Colburn, Executive Branch, Litigation and Regulation, Montgomery County (Maryland), Abusive Behavior
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Drivers may have to 'move over' for vehicles stopped on shoulder
State lawmakers are considering several proposals to require drivers to slow down and move over for emergency and towing vehicles that have pulled to the side of the road. Maryland is one of just three states without a "move over" law, said Sen. Nancy...Tags: Emergency Planning, Nancy Jacobs, Cecil County, Justice System, Vehicles
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Demands for reform
Baltimore Sun reportersAs they put up houses for sale, some Baltimore entrepreneurs are reviving an old practice to make new profits. Rehabbers and ground rent holders are creating new rents on the land under those houses, saddling buyers with annual fees of as much as $240....Tags: Lobbying, Heart Attack, Financial and Business Services, Montgomery County (Maryland), Public Officials
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Ground-rent owners rush to file suits
Sun reporterEven though a state law ending ground-rent ejectments takes effect today, Baltimore residents will for years face the prospect of having their homes seized by investors or being hit with large fees over small unpaid land debts. About 775 cases - some...Tags: Office and Retail Spaces, Rentals, George W. Della Jr. , Montgomery County (Maryland), Anne Arundel County
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Senators turn away repeal of death penalty in Md.
Baltimore County senators rebuffed an effort to abolish Maryland's death penalty yesterday, persuading lawmakers instead to restrict when capital punishment can be used. The Senate's first full debate on the death penalty in more than three decades was...Tags: Edward J Kasemeyer, Richard F. Colburn, Nathaniel J McFadden, Executive Branch, Nancy Jacobs
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Ground rent at top of agenda
Sun ReportersKey state lawmakers plan to meet Wednesday morning, hours before the General Assembly session opens, to try to hammer out consensus on phasing out the state's arcane system of ground rents. "The time has come for us to sunset this ground rent business,"...Tags: Rentals, Nathaniel J McFadden, Housing Industry, George W. Della Jr. , Property
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Ground rent suit is filed
Sun reporterA trustee for a ground rent owner has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of new laws intended to reform a system that had cost hundreds of people their homes. In the suit filed in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, Charles Muskin seeks a...Tags: Rentals, Martin O'Malley, Property, Laws, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama)
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Senate may debate death penalty repeal
An effort led by Gov. Martin O'Malley to end capital punishment in Maryland could be days away from a full Senate debate, a significant move forward for death penalty opponents who have seen their cause fail in a committee the past few years.
The...Tags: Regional Authority, Christianity, Martin O'Malley, Executive Branch, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Narrow majority of Md. senators oppose repeal of death penalty, survey reveals
Gov. Martin O'Malley's push to end the death penalty in Maryland would probably fall short if a legislative vote were held today, even though the governor insisted yesterday that the repeal effort "has a real shot this year." A Baltimore Sun survey of...Tags: Edward J Kasemeyer, Richard F. Colburn, Nathaniel J McFadden, Christianity, Executive Branch
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