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Flush fee hike, septic limits adopted
The General Assembly gave final approval today to Gov.Martin O'Malley's two Chesapeake Bay priority bills - one doubling the so-called "flush fee" to help pay for bay restoration efforts, and the other limiting development using septic systems. By a vote...Tags: Garrett County, Elections
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Offshore wind protesters arrested
A trio of Maryland colleges students were arrested today after sitting down by the State House entrance to protest lawmakers' failure so far to pass legislation boosting offshore wind development. The students, two from St. Mary's College and one from...Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Colleges and Universities, Lobbying, Consumers, Martin O'Malley
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With offshore wind gone, Assembly pushes energy from manure
With an O'Malley administration bill seeking to boost offshore wind development effectively dead, the General Assembly approved another bill to promote projects that would produce energy from poultry manure and wood. SB237, which would provide incentives...Tags: Solar Energy, Environmental Pollution, Wind Power, Renewable Energy
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Mixed green bag: Bay bills advance, energy measures stumble
In a legislative session marked by discord over taxes and gambling, lawmakers came together to pass three major bills aimed at boosting Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts. They failed to agree, however, on other environmental priorities - a bill to...
Tags: Justice System, Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Lead Poisoning, Petroleum Industry
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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: Anne Arundel County, Regional Authority, Barry Glassman, Renewable Energy, Martin O'Malley
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Miller says outlook on septic bill is 'dicey'
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said this afternoon that the governor's bill to limit septic systems will face strong opposition from other Democrats when it is debated later this week. "It is going to be dicey, very dicey," Miller told reporters....Tags: Executive Branch, Measles, Roy P Dyson, Joan Carter Conway, Democratic Party
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Senate defeats bill allowing gas utility surcharge
A bill that would have let gas utilities seek a surchage of up to $2 a month on customers' bill was shot down -- for a second time -- Wednesday by a bipartisan coalition of senators who contended the measure would let monopolies charge ratepayers up...Tags: John C. Astle, Annapolis, Democratic Party, James C. Rosapepe, Republican Party
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Offshore wind bill clears test votes
Gov.Martin O'Malley's stripped-down bill to promote the development of an offshore wind energy industry off the Maryland coast cleared several test votes in the House of Delegates Thursday and appears poised for final passage in that chamber as soon as...Tags: Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Elections
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Marylanders favor offshore wind, poll says
As Gov. Martin O'Malley prepares to renew his push to build industrial wind turbines off Maryland's coast, a new poll shows strong public support even if the outlook for offshore wind development has grown cloudier lately. The mid-December survey done by...Tags: Annapolis, Baltimore County, Polls, Renewable Energy, Martin O'Malley
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Mark Midei fights for medical license, exoneration
It took 25 years for Dr. Mark Midei to build his reputation and less than two for it to come crashing down.
In the spring of 2009, he was a superstar cardiologist with a seven-figure salary and a staff that adored him. By late April 2011, he was...Tags: Towson, Justice System, Medicaid, Health and Medical Professionals, Government Health Care
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State lawmakers call for deeper look into BGE's storm response
State lawmakers are calling for a deeper look into Baltimore Gas & Electric's response to Hurricane Irene, which left hundreds of thousands of customers without electricity — and ratepayers and public officials fuming about the utility's restoration...Tags: Prince George's County, Laws, Hurricanes, Constellation Energy Group, Disasters
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The hidden impediment to school renovation
A major reason many Maryland jurisdictions — especially Baltimore County and Baltimore City — confront a growing problem of aging, obsolete school buildings is an obscure bit of Internal Revenue Service bureaucracy called the "prior use rule."...Tags: George Mason, Credit and Debt, Internal Revenue Service, Eric Cantor, Ronald Reagan
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