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Panel kills petition confidentiality bill
A Senate committee has killed a Republican-sponsored bill to shield from public scrutiny the names and personal information of people who sign petitions to bring General Assembly-passed bills to referendum. The Senate Education, Health and...Tags: Nancy Jacobs, Elections, Polls
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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: Parties and Movements, NAACP, Firearms, National Rifle Association of America, Martin O'Malley
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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: Elections, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Martin O'Malley, Punishment, James C. Rosapepe
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Lawmakers want special session to stick to budget
In theory, a special session of the General Assembly could be an opportunity raise any issue a legislator wanted to attempt to put on the agenda. In reality, there seems to be virtually no desire on the part of lawmakers to deal with anything but the...Tags: Michael E. Busch, Annapolis, Montgomery County (Maryland), Thomas V. Mike Miller, Budgets and Budgeting
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Senators expecting special session May 14-15
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller has asked members of his Democratic caucus to set aside May 14 and 15 for what he hopes will be a two-days-and-out special session to revive a tax increase bill that died the last night of the regular session and...Tags: Parties and Movements, Michael E. Busch, Budgets and Budgeting, Martin O'Malley, Edward J Kasemeyer
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Senate passes bill banning smoking with young child in car
The Maryland Senate passed a bill Wednesday morning that would make it illegal for a driver or passenger to smoke in a vehicle occupied by a child under 8 years old. Senators voted 27-19 to send the bill to the House of Delegates after a lively debate...Tags: U.S. Senate, Jamin B. Raskin, Human Rights
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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: E.J. Pipkin, Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Robert A. Zirkin, Abusive Behavior
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Bill banning smoking in cars with kids survives
A bill that would ban smoking in vehicles occupied by children under 8 survived an attempt to love it to death on the Senate floor Friday morning as proponents managed to reverse the vote on an amendment that probably would have doomed the legislation....Tags: Annapolis, U.S. Senate, John C. Astle, Elections, Thomas V. Mike Miller
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With loophole, many campaign donors remain anonymous
A loophole in state campaign finance laws allowed contributors to Maryland candidates and political groups to pump $4.3 million into the 2010 election cycle while remaining anonymous — denying citizens a thorough look at the money that flows into...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Republican Party, Common, Martin O'Malley, Local Elections
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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: John C. Astle, Martin O'Malley, Elie Wiesel, Edward J Kasemeyer, Joan Carter Conway
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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: Referenda, John C. Astle, Martin O'Malley, Edward J Kasemeyer, Joan Carter Conway
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Final vote near in Senate to allow speed-trap cameras
Sun StaffThe Maryland Senate moved one step closer yesterday to allowing automated radar cameras to snare drivers speeding through residential neighborhoods and school zones, brushing back several attempts to weaken the legislation. A final vote could come as...Tags: Republican Party, Anne Arundel County, John C. Astle, Tourism and Leisure, Elections
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