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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, Interior Policy, Weaponry, Gun Control, Voting
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Washington County delegate announces petition drive against death penalty repeal
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comA Republican Washington County delegate, with help from Democrats, is mounting a challenge to the repeal of the death penalty, a measure that was signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley earlier this week. Neil C. Parrott, R-Washington, announced...Tags: Punishment, Same-Sex Marriage, Lawyers, Death Penalty, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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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: AAA, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Mary Pat Clarke, Local Government, Minor League Baseball
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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: Political Fundraising, Sandwiches, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Jamin B. Raskin
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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: Interior Policy, Gun Control, Criminals, Christopher B. Shank, U.S. Supreme Court
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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: Local Government, E.J. Pipkin, Baltimore County, Laws, Annapolis
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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: AAA, Harford County, Maryland State Police, E.J. Pipkin, Photography and Video
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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, Natural Resource Industry, Energy Resources, Richard F. Colburn, Baltimore County
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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: Montgomery County (Maryland), Maryland Transit Administration, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Washington, DC, 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: Punishment, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Republican Party, Death Penalty, Baltimore County
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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: Federal Hill, Local Government, Baltimore County, Laws, Annapolis
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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: Towson, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Baltimore County, Judges
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