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City schools construction bill clears Senate
In a long-sought victory for Baltimore, the Maryland Senate approved a $1 billion financing plan Friday for an unprecedented systemwide drive to rebuild and renovate the city's crumbling school buildings. The measure passed easily on a bipartisan vote of...
Tags: Andres Alonso, Christopher B. Shank, J.B. Jennings, American Civil Liberties Union, E.J. Pipkin
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Proposed law would govern surrogate births
When Whitney Watts of Columbia agreed to bear twins on behalf of an infertile Boston couple two years ago, she entered a murky area of Maryland law. Nothing forbade her from signing a contract to carry babies conceived through in vitro fertilization and...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Delores G. Kelley, Justice System, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore County
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Senate votes to repeal death penalty
The Maryland Senate voted Wednesday to make Maryland the 18th state to abolish the death penalty, putting Gov. Martin O'Malley one step closer to a significant legislative victory. The 27-20 vote sent the bill to the House of Delegates, where repeal...
Tags: Criminals, Regional Authority, Justice System, Murder, Baltimore County
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Death penalty repeal survives test in Senate
The governor's bill to repeal Maryland's death penalty survived a key vote Friday in the state Senate. After an emotional debate, senators voted 27-19 to defeat an amendment that would have kept capital punishment for murders committed along with other...
Tags: Christopher B. Shank, Murder, Baltimore County, Death Penalty, Hamilton
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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: Punishment, James C. Rosapepe, Prince George's County, Jennie M Forehand, Thomas V. Mike Miller
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Opposition to Dream Act overshadowed
Despite an aggressive petition drive to force a referendum on the state's Dream Act — which allows in-state tuition rates for the children of illegal immigrants — the campaign to defeat the measure in November remains a low-budget, grass-roots...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, University of Maryland, College Park, Immigration, Judges, Justice System
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O'Malley grilled on green agenda
Gov. Martin O'Malley fielded skeptical questions from lawmakers about three of his top environmental initiatives Tuesday as he appealed to them to approve bills aimed at promoting offshore wind energy, limiting development and improving water and sewer...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Regional Authority, Renewable Energy, Harford County, E.J. Pipkin
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Anne Arundel Democrats vying for Jones' seat
As former Anne Arundel County Councilman Daryl D. Jones began serving a five-month prison term in South Carolina on Monday, nearly a dozen Democrats have expressed interest in filling his seat. The County Council voted this month to declare the Severn...Tags: Democratic Party, U.S. Senate, Trials, Punishment, Linthicum
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Schuh leads fundraising for county executive in '14
Republican state Del. Steven R. Schuh has taken a strong lead among prospective candidates for Anne Arundel county executive in 2014 in early fundraising, according to recently released campaign finance documents. Schuh, who announced Thursday that he...Tags: Democratic Party, Charity, Glen Burnie, Bryan W. Simonaire, U.S. Senate
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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: Robert A. Zirkin, E.J. Pipkin, Abusive Behavior, U.S. Senate, Jennie M Forehand
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Md. death penalty repeal effort lives
andrews@herald-mail.comDemocrats in Annapolis are trying again to repeal Maryland's death penalty. Delegates and senators announced Thursday that they're resubmitting a bill to end capital punishment in Maryland, which has five people on death row. One repeal advocate, Del....Tags: Democratic Party, Justice System, Maryland, Baltimore County, Death Penalty
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