Maryland

Budget Analysts: Governor’s Budget Shortchanges Juvenile Services

ANNAPOLIS — The governor’s proposed 2012 budget underfunds the Department of Juvenile Services by $7

House Committee Postpones Vote on Same-Sex Marriage

ANNAPOLIS — The House of Delegates Judiciary Committee on Tuesday postponed a vote on a bill allowing same-sex marriage after a day of political posturing that included absent delegates, shifting vote counts and long meetings among legislative leaders

Bartlett, Van Hollen Provide Bipartisan Push for Renewable Energy Funds

WASHINGTON – With only four days until disputes between Democrats and Republicans over 2011 budget cuts could force a federal government shutdown, a bipartisan duo of Maryland representatives called for increased funding in the 2012 budget for renewable and efficient energy technologies

Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage Preparing for Referendum Fight

ANNAPOLIS –One day after the Maryland Senate voted to approve same-sex marriage, representatives from national organizations, including the Family Research Council and the National Organization for Marriage, were in Annapolis Friday lending their support to the fight against same-sex marriage in the state

Maryland Stands to Pay Economic Price in Government Shutdown

BETHESDA – Ned Saah doesn’t have a high opinion of the United States Congress

Health Professionals Seek Cure for Maryland’s High Chlamydia Rate

WASHINGTON – As Maryland’s Chlamydia rate pushes past the national average, nurses like Randy Epstein weigh which is worse — that the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported more than 20,000 cases of the sexually transmitted disease statewide in 2009 or that a potentially higher number of Maryland teens have no idea they are infected

Senate Approves Same-Sex Marriage Bill

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland took a step closer to approving same-sex marriages Thursday with narrow approval in the Senate

Full Senate Gives Preliminary Approval to Same-Sex Marriage

ANNAPOLIS – By a 25-22 vote, the full Senate gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill allowing same-sex marriage in Maryland

CORRECTION: Resending to fix last graf. Corrects that Sen. Thomas “Mac” Middleton, D-Charles, is a distant Hanson relative, not Sen. Allan Kittleman. No other changes.

ANNAPOLIS — During House and Senate committee hearings Wednesday for a bill to replace the statue of John Hanson in the U