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Ads to promote new gun control law
Advertisements praising Maryland's new gun control law will appear on Baltimore-area televisions soon after the measure is signed Thursday — the first volley in a two-pronged effort to defend the legislation and the politicians who voted for it....
Tags: Equestrian, Montgomery County (Maryland), Lawyers, Laws, Punishment
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City suspends speed camera tickets amid new mistakes
Baltimore officials announced Tuesday that they have suspended the city's troubled speed camera program amid fresh reports of erroneous tickets, this time involving a new multimillion-dollar camera network. The Baltimore Sun found that a recently...
Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Xerox Corporation, Automotive Equipment, Public Officials
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General Assembly session ends in flurry of votes
Police could pull you over for talking on a hand-held phone while driving. Some patients could legally use marijuana. And veterans would get a new assist in getting jobs under legislation approved by the Maryland General Assembly on its final day. As...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Montgomery County (Maryland), Health Treatments, Maryland General Assembly, Political Fundraising
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Senate panel approves death penalty repeal, altered gun bill
The General Assembly took an important step toward repealing Maryland's death penalty Thursday night when a key committee, for the first time in decades, approved a bill to end capital punishment. The Senate Judicial Proceedings committee voted 6-5 to...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Montgomery County (Maryland), Joseph M Getty, Laws, Jamin B. Raskin
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Local governments, police resist speed camera changes
Local governments and police on Wednesday attacked a sweeping proposal to change Maryland's speed camera law. During the first hearing on whether to revamp a law that has been lucrative for local governments but also has sparked concerns about fairness,...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Rushern Baker, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Laws, Prince George's County
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Harford County legislator kills speed camera bill
A Harford County member of the Maryland General Assembly has withdrawn a bill she sponsored to revise the state's speed camera laws, part of a wider legislative effort to either make significant reforms to the controversial speed camera program, or kill...Tags: Harford County, Maryland State Police, Maryland General Assembly, Elkton, AAA
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Senate votes to ban drunken sailing
The Maryland Senate gave its answer to the old question of "what do you with a drunken sailor" by voting to bring people who operate sailboats while intoxicated under the same law as power boat operators. Senators voted 37-8 to add sail-only vessels...
Tags: Conservation, Richard F. Colburn, Sailing, Energy Resources, Natural Resource Industry
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Bill seeks to block MTA from recording passengers' conversations
A bill to ban the Maryland Transit Administration's practice of recording conversations on its buses has been filed by two state senators.
James Brochin, a Baltimore County Democrat, and Allan Kittleman, a Republican representing Howard and Carroll...Tags: Washington, DC, Montgomery County (Maryland), Allan H. Kittleman, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Baltimore County
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O'Malley predicts voters would back death penalty repeal
Expressing confidence that "the will is there" in the General Assembly to do away with capital punishment, Gov. Martin O'Malley predicted Tuesday that Maryland voters would uphold a decision to repeal the death penalty. As expected, O'Malley announced...
Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Montgomery County (Maryland), Rushern Baker, Anthony G. Brown, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Counties skirt intent of state speed camera law
Federal Hill resident Sean O'Connor wants to fact-check the automated speed camera ticket that he got in Baltimore County. But he can't. "It is not precise enough," said O'Connor, 27, who got the ticket in September alleging he was traveling 47 mph on...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Howard County, Federal Hill, Laws, Martin O'Malley
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Downtown violence prevention initiative nets several arrests
The extra police officers sent to the Inner Harbor and downtown to combat unruly youths and crime this past weekend recorded 40 arrests, including more than 10 for drug possession, and two handguns seized. It's a snapshot of crime covering a single,...
Tags: Racism, St. Patrick's Day, Maryland State Police, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Executive Branch
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General Assembly redistricting challenges argued at top court
Lawyers for the state defended Maryland's new General Assembly districts Wednesday, telling Maryland's highest judges that while the map may not please everyone, it's legal and proper. "Somebody can always draw a better map. That's not the issue,"...
Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Towson, Democratic Party, Delores G. Kelley, Executive Branch
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