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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: Regional Authority, Death Penalty, E.J. Pipkin, Allan H. Kittleman, Justice System
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Rosapepe finds Public Service Commission assessment of derecho response 'disappointing'
"Disappointing" is how District 21 state Sen. James Rosapepe, who represents Laurel, described the Public Service Commission's assessment of regional utility companies' response to the derecho storm that hit the area at the end of June. In an order...
Tags: Fines, Civil and Public Service, Punishment, Government, Maryland General Assembly
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Generators gaining use as Maryland residents face power outages caused by storms
WASHINGTON – Maryland residents who fear the winter storm will cut their power supply might appreciate CDS Logistics President Roy Cranford’s vision of stationary generators one day becoming as commonplace as air conditioners. He sees...
Tags: The Home Depot, Environmental Politics
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Fresh questions about key Barnes murder witness
Lawyers for the man convicted of killing Phylicia Barnes are again seeking to undermine the credibility of a small-time criminal who provided key state testimony in his trial, citing a letter from Montgomery County prosecutors detailing James McCray's...
Tags: Trials, Justice System, Murder, Phylicia Barnes, Litigation
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Circuit judge rules Baltimore Co. speed camera contract is illegal
A Circuit Court judge has ruled that Baltimore County's contract with its speed camera vendor is illegal, because it pays the company a cut of each citation issued — a ruling that could help others challenge their citations in court. While Judge...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), AAA, Howard County, Justice System
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Health employees seek legislation to address workplace violence
Bernice Troy, a geriatric nursing assistant in Baltimore for the past 20 years, has been spat on and cursed, scratched and punched on the job. A patient once slammed Jo Samrow, a nurse in Southern Maryland, into a wall so violently that she developed a...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Culture, Alzheimer's Association, Medical Specialization, Annapolis
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State Senate gives preliminary OK to death penalty repeal
The Baltimore SunThe Maryland Senate appears poised to pass Gov. Martin O’Malley’s bill to abolish the death penalty as early as Wednesday after turning aside all efforts to weaken the legislation. Senators gave their preliminary approval to the bill Tuesday,...Tags: Regional Authority, Carroll County (Maryland), Death Penalty, Health and Safety at School, Punishment
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City police training academy director, appointed this week, to retire
Just three days after being touted as the commander who would oversee reforms in the wake of a training shooting, the new head of the Baltimore Police academy informed top brass Friday that he intends to leave the agency. Maj. Joseph E. Smith III, a 25-...Tags: Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Anthony W. Batts, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Baltimore County, Maryland State Police
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The gas tax compromise
The gas tax plan unveiled this week by Gov. Martin O'Malley and the General Assembly's top leaders is a complicated proposal that wouldn't represent our first choice in how best to pay for Maryland's transportation needs. But, on balance, it's a better-...
Tags: Regional Authority, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center , Political Fundraising, Justice System, Republican Party
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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: Death Penalty, Justice System, Punishment, Murder, Lisa A Gladden
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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: Harford Road, E.J. Pipkin, Justice System, Annapolis, James Brochin
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Over the decades, a river runs through the court system
It may be known as the Nation's River, but here where the Potomac carves its way between Maryland and Virginia, ownership is up for grabs. Again. A court battle that pits a group of property owners against two small paddling and tubing companies seeks...
Tags: Justice System, George Washington, Mount Vernon, Loudoun County, Frederick County (Virginia)
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