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• Opinion

O'Malley's 2013 gun bill did not stop murders

The Firearm Safety Act of 2013, passed with the support of Gov. Martin O'Malley, did nothing to stop murders in Baltimore.

• Opinion

Maryland Gov. Hogan should release Calvin Ash, 68, a prisoner of politics

A long-serving Maryland inmate was approved for parole 15 years ago but denied release by Hogan's predecessor.

• Politics

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley won't run for president in 2020, urges Beto O'Rourke to get in race

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who was considered a potential Democratic candidate for president following a failed 2016 bid, says he will not run in 2020 and is instead urging Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke to get into the race.

• Opinion

Shame on you, Gov. O’Malley

On Monday, Oct. 29th, I was very disappointed to read the article by former governor, Martin O’Malley (“Martin O'Malley: Larry Hogan's 'real estate racket”). I was also insulted that he assumes readers of The Baltimore Sun don’t have the intelligence to see through his Trumpian assault.

• Opinion

Martin O'Malley: Larry Hogan's 'real estate racket'

Martin O'Malley: Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has sent a message to developers that Maryland is open for business — as long as you are using Larry Hogan’s business to get your development permits. Hire The Hogan Companies, and you get whatever state permits you need, the implication goes.

• Opinion

No excuse for treating state retirees so badly

In the midst of a robust economy, Maryland's mistreatment of state retirees and their prescription drug needs is just shameful.

• Opinion

O'Malley's march on the states

Martin O'Malley's campaign for candidates in other states may be self-serving, but it's also smart for the Democratic Party.

• Maryland

Letter: Delegate candidate embracing, not breaking Dems political machine

Democrat candidate for House of Delegates Emily Shank's website exclaims, "Annapolis has fully become a political machine, and it needs to be broken. I want to

• Politics

Inspector General report says FBI agent called Martin O'Malley a 'douche'

Former Maryland governor and Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley – the 2016 presidential candidate – did not escape the FBI agents’ wrath.

By Jeff Barker

Jun 15, 2018

• Politics

Martin O'Malley endorses Rushern Baker in Democratic race for Maryland governor

Former Gov. Martin O'Malley will endorse Rushern Baker in the race for the Democratic nomination for governor.

By Michael Dresser

Jun 7, 2018

• Opinion

Baltimore's Red Line could make a comeback

The city's much-needed east-west light rail line could be resuscitated under the right governor.

• News

Darryl De Sousa's time as Baltimore police commissioner was short — but not the shortest

Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa resigned Tuesday after being charged with failing to file federal income tax returns — ending a term that lasted just 116 days. But he doesn’t own the title of shortest tenure as Baltimore’s top cop.

By Brian Compere

May 15, 2018

• Politics

Martin O'Malley to Democrats: Shake off the pity party

Former Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley was back in New Hampshire on Tuesday and said his party needs to end its pity party and face the future.

• Opinion

Baltimore can't justify deportation lawyer fees

Baltimore can't afford to spend $200,000 to fight immigration enforcement actions.

• Politics

Madaleno chooses ex-Martin O'Malley aide as running mate in Democratic primary race

Gubernatorial candidate Richard S. Madaleno Jr. chooses Luwanda Jenkins, who headed Gov. Martin O'Malley's minority affairs office, as his running mate.

By Michael Dresser

Feb 18, 2018

• Politics

Martin O'Malley on Trump military parade pitch: 'This is some tinhorn dictator [expletive]'

Martin O'Malley doesn't like President Trump's desired military parade.

By Sean Welsh

Feb 8, 2018

• Maryland

Letter: No defense of partisan gerrymandering

The other day, I went to the governor's press conference about gerrymandering in Maryland. Gerrymandering is wrong, no matter who is doing it. Maryland has

• Politics

Maryland lawmakers name members of sexual harassment panel

Maryland lawmakers have named the members of a commission to examine workplace polices on sexual harassment in all three branches of state government.

• Politics

Martin O'Malley in no hurry for his State House portrait

Nearly three years after leaving office, former Gov. Martin O'Malley and his wife still haven't had their portraits painted for display in Annapolis.

By Michael Dresser

Jan 2, 2018

• Politics

Hogan cancels O'Malley-era 'zero waste' plan

Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday night that he has canceled "zero-waste" landfill rules issued by Gov. Martin O'Malley a week before he left office in 2015.

By Michael Dresser

Jun 27, 2017

• Opinion

Baltimore Sun's 2017 Business and Civic Hall of Fame honoree: Michael Cryor

You might call Michael Cryor the Kevin Bacon of Baltimore — he's seemingly not more than a degree or two of separation from anyone in town. That doesn't just

• Maryland

Editorial: Lawsuit may present Maryland's best shot at nonpartisan redistricting

State Democrats this week were forced to admit what most people already knew: Congressional redistricting maps were drawn up using partisan politics with the

• Features

Martin O'Malley wanted a cameo on 'Veep,' actor Reid Scott says

"Veep" actor Reid Scott said Martin O'Malley wanted a cameo role on the HBO comedy series.

By Brittany Britto

Jun 2, 2017

• Opinion

O'Malley makes the case for Hogan's reforms

Democrats should read Martin O'Malley's deposition in the redistricting lawsuit and imagine how they would feel if his words were coming out of Larry Hogan's mouth.

• Politics

Lawsuit forces Maryland Democrats to acknowledge the obvious: Redistricting was motivated by politics

Maryland's convoluted congressional districts were drawn with an eye toward ousting a Republican incumbent and replacing him with a Democrat, former Gov. Martin O'Malley acknowledged as part of a high-profile legal challenge to the maps winding its way through federal court.

By John Fritze

Jun 1, 2017

• News

Maryland prosecution of environmental crimes at 20-year low

Maryland is prosecuting its fewest environmental crimes in at least two decades as Gov. Larry Hogan fulfills promises to ease regulatory burdens on businesses.

By Scott Dance

May 10, 2017

• Opinion

Main problem facing city schools? Lack of state funding

As Kirwin commission noted months ago, state hasn't invested sufficiently in Baltimore's public schools

• Opinion

Cecil exec: Tier map protects local authority

The Cecil County executive pushes back against what he sees as state usurpation of local land use authority.

• Baltimore City Paper

Martin O'Malley just doubled down on being a clown by apparently doubling down on his policing policy

We recently highlighted some of the ways Martin O'Malley, former mayor of Baltimore and governor of Maryland, has foolishly hinted at another bid for the

• Baltimore City Paper

Martin O'Malley is being really clowny with all these 2020 gestures

Hey, so lots of people are still despondent about this whole Trump thing, even if some 40 percent of Americans are still on board for whatever reason, according

• Opinion

Medical cannabis delays hurt patients

It has now been four years since Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation to establish the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission in Maryland. It has been, without question, the slowest rollout of a medical cannabis program by any of the 26 states that have legalized medical cannabis.

• Politics

Judges order Miller, Busch to give depositions in Maryland redistricting lawsuit

A three-judge panel has ordered Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and House Speaker Michael E. Busch to give depositions and turn over documents in a federal lawsuit challenging the 2011 redrawing of the state's congressional districts.

• Politics

Hogan renews call for redistricting reform in Maryland

Gov. Larry Hogan renewed his call for redistricting reform Friday, saying "the time is now" to end gerrymandering in Maryland.

By Michael Dresser

Mar 3, 2017

• Politics

Maryland Senate kills, then revives, bill to reinstate O'Malley rule on septic systems

The Maryland Senate on Thursday killed but later revived a bill that would reinstate Gov. Martin O'Malley's 2012 rule requiring installation of advanced technology in homes built on septic systems even when they are located outside the "critical areas" that border the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

By Michael Dresser

Mar 2, 2017

• Opinion

Get governors out of parole decisions

Hogan is way better than O'Malley on parole for those serving life sentences. Fainter praise we cannot imagine.

• Opinion

The 'lost' tier map law

Hogan administration has failed to enforce 2012 land preservation law requiring 'tier maps' and discouraging rural development.

• Opinion

Here's where the casino money went

Maryland spent casino revenue on unfunded mandates, not education

• Opinion

O'Malley sees the light on redistricting

Gov. O'Malley is a convert on redistricting reform — and he's got an argument Md. Dems need to hear.

• Politics

Martin O'Malley backs Pete Buttigieg (over Tom Perez) for DNC

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Wednesday endorsed an Indiana mayor to lead the Democratic National Committee, eschewing fellow Marylander and a former

By John Fritze

Feb 8, 2017

• Obituaries

Joseph F. Steffen Jr., Republican political operative, dies

Joseph F. Steffen Jr., 57, a Republican political operative who described himself as the "Prince of Darkness" died of coronary disease Friday at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The Dundalk resident was 57.

• Opinion

State Center project was a 'taxpayer-funded boondoggle'

The Maryland Board of Public Works' decision to void the controversial State Center project in Baltimore was a refreshing affirmation that Maryland taxpayers have advocates in Annapolis. Despite advocates' best efforts to pretend otherwise, the State Center redevelopment project was a taxpayer-funded boondoggle plagued by shady procedural processes, artificially high rental rates and high costs for taxpayers.

• Opinion

Extend the fracking ban

Risks posed by hydraulic fracturing more than offset any possible rewards for Western Maryland

• Maryland

Maryland seeks to void State Center development agreement

The Board of Public Works is scheduled to vote Wednesday on proposal to end the state's 7-year-old agreement with the developer of the stalled $1.5 billion State Center in Baltimore.

By Michael Dresser

Dec 21, 2016

• News

As Maryland lawmakers consider fracking rules, advocates ready to fight for permanent ban

A Tuesday hearing of regulations to protect water quality and public health should fracking one day take place in Maryland portended an imminent fight over whether to ban the controversial gas-extraction process before the proposed rules take effect next year.

By Scott Dance

Dec 20, 2016

• Maryland

Maryland Natural Resources Police regain use of helicopter

Maryland's Department of Natural Resources is flying high after regaining use of a helicopter for aerial surveillance.

• Politics

Martin O'Malley won't seek DNC chair position

Less than a week after floating his name for the job, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said Wednesday he will not run to lead the Democratic National

By John Fritze

Nov 16, 2016

• Politics

Martin O'Malley considering run to lead Democratic Party

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley became the latest Democrat to throw his name in as a possible candidate to lead the national party, which is searching for

By John Fritze

Nov 11, 2016

• Politics

Maryland to send two new members to the House

Maryland will send two new lawmakers to the House of Representatives for the first time in more than a decade.

By John Fritze

Nov 8, 2016

• Education

State education board member resigns in protest of governor's school calendar mandate

James Gates, a physicist and Maryland State School Board member, is resigning his position on the board as a protest against Gov. Larry Hogan's executive order to begin school after Labor Day.

• Maryland

Dissenting medical marijuana commissioner replaced

The state medical marijuana commissioner who cast the lone dissenting vote on a controversial move to deny grower's licenses to two highly rated applicants and give them to lower-ranked rivals has been replaced.

By Michael Dresser

Oct 7, 2016