WASHINGTON – Even though the General Assembly won’t redraw political districts until the 2002 session, Maryland Republicans are already contemplating a lawsuit over the coming redistricting
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Maryland Senate Joins House In Backing Lower Drunken-Driving Standard
ANNAPOLIS – A measure to reduce the legal drunken-driving threshold from
Media Study Spurs Bill To Make Agencies Comply With Public Records’ Laws
ANNAPOLIS – House leaders introduced legislation Thursday to clarify Maryland’s open records law and to create a task force to study how to make public documents more accessible, after a media study turned up numerous problems with agency compliance
Senate Slashes Glendening Budget By $342 Million
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Senate approved Gov
Senate Passes Bill to Educate Citizens on Pesticide Health Hazards
ANNAPOLIS – The Senate backed a bill Thursday to report on and educate citizens about pesticides released into the environment and their effects on humans
Debtors Rush to File for Bankruptcy, As Stricter Standards Loom
GREENBELT – For the court clerks who handle bankruptcy paperwork, the sound of changing bankruptcy law is the distinctive “thump-thump” from office time-stamp machines
Maryland Lawmakers Opt Out of Chicken Feed Flap
ANNAPOLIS – A proposal to gather data on antibiotic-laced animal feed is likely dead for the year, after both the Maryland Senate and a House panel defeated the measure Wednesday
Senior Drug Coverage Wins Key Approvals
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers seem to have their own agenda for an issue that’s spent months on the national stage: controlling the rising cost of prescription drugs
Van Hollen Is First Democrat to Test the Waters For a 2002 Morella Challenge
KENSINGTON – State Sen
Poultry Plants Could Bring New Power to Maryland, But At a Price
ANNAPOLIS – Eastern Shore lawmakers braved the rain Wednesday to tell a House committee they support a tax credit for power plants using poultry manure as fuel, but Maryland chicken powerhouse Perdue Farms says it has a better solution