ANNAPOLIS – When GOP lawmakers unveiled their “Republican Contract With Maryland” last October, they vowed to ban all gifts from lobbyists
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Casino Bills,570
ANNAPOLIS – How would casino gambling affect Maryland?
With only their zeal in common, lobbyists, industry magnates and clergy packed a House Joint Hearing Friday to tackle that question
Freshman Lawmaker Says He’ll Spend Session Listening
ANNAPOLIS – In 1975, a 4th grade teacher at Ritchie Elementary in Capitol Heights required her pupils to study current events
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WASHINGTON – For 17 years, Shirley Warnick worked at a syrup plant in rural Garrett County
Proposed Access to Communicable Disease Information Limited
ANNAPOLIS – Fearing the specter of citizens legally snooping through each other’s medical files, opponents of a communicable disease information access bill had the proposal amended before it was heard this week
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Urges Retention of White Oak Wind Tunnel
WASHINGTON – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told an independent base closure commission Wednesday that a wind tunnel at the White Oak naval center should be preserved because of its “unique national capability
Lawmakers Want Partnership To Replace Wilson Bridge
ANNAPOLIS – Drivers who cross the Woodrow Wilson Bridge could pay a toll if the federally owned span is turned over to Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia
Base Closings,600
WASHINGTON – Business leaders in Montgomery and Washington counties Tuesday said the Defense Department’s proposed closing of two military bases in Maryland would mean a substantial economic loss to their communities
Motorcyclists Lobby for Personal Freedom
ANNAPOLIS – Suzanna Greenbank told state senators Tuesday that she doesn’t want to wear a motorcycle helmet