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- Divergent results on gay marriage, gambling expansion and the Dream Act among recent polls suggest the answer for Maryland voters depends on how you ask the question.
- Five weeks before the election, a measure to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland has seen a surge of support and is now favored by likely voters, 49 percent to 39 percent, a new Baltimore Sun poll has found.
- Incident in Towson not nearly as troubling as what Inner Harbor confronts
- As part of a series of visits to Harford's community councils, County Executive David Craig answered questions Wednesday night from Jarrettsville and Norrisville residents about business tax breaks and incentives, November ballot questions and state mandates like the new law restricting development in rural areas.
- Same-sex marriage and the Dream Act are supported by a majority of Marylanders, but voters are just about evenly split on gambling expansion, according to a new independent poll released Wednesday
- Maryland welcomed 48 new Americans at an outdoor ceremony in downtown Baltimore, marking the start of a national immigration conference being held next week.
- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's appearance at Sen. Tom Harkin's "Steak Fry" in Iowa not only signals O'Malley's political ambitions, but also underscores the kinds of challenges undeclared candidates face as they juggle day jobs with hectic travel schedules.
- The melody of the president's voice, the intensity of his movements gripped Jeremy Brickey's attention, cutting through the monotony of freshman orientation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
- If Md. Dream Act is approved, what jobs will college-educated illegal immigrants get?
- Residents brought here as young children deserve the same treatment as other Marylanders
- President Obama's executive order allowing children of undocumented immigrants to work and go to school recognizes they are a national asset
- Maryland enters uncharted political territory this fall as voters for the first time in decades face four major ballot questions. It is likely to feature an onslaught of costly advertising as competing interests — from all over the country — try to sway the state's electorate
- When Sarita Santillan moved from Peru to Maryland with her family in 2003, she was just 11 years old — and had little clue how hard it would be to stay here.
- Why voters should support the Md. DREAM Act in November
- Offering in-state tuition rates for Maryland's illegal immigrants is a bad idea
- Coppin has made the tough decisions that will ensure its future
- In sign of lofty ambition, O'Malley launches federal PAC
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- If children of illegal immigrants meet all the conditions, they should get in-state college tuition rates
- Through dogged organizing and clever use of technology, freshman Republican Delegate Neil Parrott of Hagerstown has turned a little-used provision of the Maryland's Constitution into a tool capable of overturning chunks of the ruling Democrats' legislative agenda.
- UMBC president's endorsement of Dream Act shows generosity — with taxpayer dollars
- When a 'Dream' Maryland college education is made affordable to students, everyone comes out ahead