ANNAPOLIS – Lt
Senate Gives Preliminary OK to Death Penalty Hiatus
ANNAPOLIS – A bill to temporarily halt executions in Maryland quietly received a preliminary favorable vote in the Senate after a week of intense and emotional political maneuvering
Bill Change Would Exempt Four Counties from Statewide Voting System
ANNAPOLIS – Counties that purchased voting systems within 10 years wouldn’t have to participate in a uniform statewide voting system until 2006, under an amendment to a Senate bill Thursday
House Approves Statewide Voting System
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland House of Delegates Wednesday overrode criticisms of timing, cost and technology to back a bill creating a statewide uniform voting system
Public Campaign Finance Fizzles Into Study Panel
ANNAPOLIS – A bill to publicly finance Maryland legislative campaigns was gutted by its own sponsor to get it through a House of Delegates committee and to the full chamber Monday
House Adopts Favorable Stance on Death Penalty Moratorium
ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates surprised supporters of a death penalty moratorium Friday by giving preliminary approval to a favorable committee report on that bill
Farmers Grumble About Low Tobacco Prices In Waning Market
WALDORF – It’s ugly, said one farmer about prices at Maryland’s annual tobacco auction, which began earlier this month without the usual opening ceremonies