Currie appears before Maryland ethics panel
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 6, 2012
Tags: disclosure, ethics, General Assembly, joint committee on legislative ethics, joseph evans, joseph f. murphy jr., shoppers food warehouse, ulysses currie
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ANNAPOLIS — State Sen. Ulysses Currie appeared for several hours Monday before the Maryland General Assembly’s joint ethics panel, which is considering the Prince George’s County senator’s failure to disclose work for a grocery store chain.
Currie, a Democrat, appeared before the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics during a closed-door meeting with retired Maryland Court of Appeals [...]
Frederick County sees boom in Asian immigrants
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 6, 2012
Tags: asian american center of frederick, asian immigrants, Baltimore, chinese, elizabeth chung, frederick county, indian, korean, montgomery, myanmar, Prince George's, wtop radio
FREDERICK — Officials say Frederick County is seeing an influx of Asian immigrants with a population that has grown to more than 10,000 people.
Elizabeth Chung, executive director of the Asian American Center of Frederick, tells WTOP Radio that there are significant populations of Indian, Korean and Chinese immigrants.
Chung says the biggest draw for immigrants moving [...]
Ocean City noise restriction could get stricter
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 6, 2012
Tags: audible, boardwalk, city solicitor guy ayres, daily times, noise restrictions, Ocean City, ocean city town council, sound systems
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OCEAN CITY — A new study from the Delaware Tourism Department shows the $2.1 billion industry has become a top economic driver for the state.
The study by D.K. Shifflet and Associates and Vantage Strategy shows tourism employs 39,000 people and attracts 7 million visitors annually to Delaware. The study is based on [...]
State Sen. Raskin seeks to put financial disclosures online 
BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: February 3, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, electronic disclosure, financial disclosure, General Assembly, lawmakers, Montgomery County, senate ethics panel, State Sen. Jamie Raskin
ANNAPOLIS — A Montgomery County senator said he will introduce a bill Monday that would make the financial disclosure forms filed by lawmakers, top state officials and eventually, thousands of state workers accessible online.
“Right now our sense is that if disclosure is going to be real, there needs to be a fully sunlit opportunity for [...]
D.C. Council committee OKs online gambling repeal
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 1, 2012
Tags: d.c. council, finance and revenue committee, gambling, jack evans, michael brown, online gambling
WASHINGTON — The D.C. Council has taken the first step toward repealing online gambling.
The Finance and Revenue Committee voted Wednesday to send the repeal bill to the full Council, which will consider it Tuesday. A majority of councilmembers have said they support repealing the nation’s first government-sponsored online gambling program. The [...]
GOP responds to O’Malley’s State of the State
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 1, 2012
Tags: address, Annapolis, democrats, General Assembly, GOP, gov. o'malley, republicans, speech, state of the state
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Republicans are rebutting Gov. Martin O’Malley’s State of the State speech by criticizing his tax proposals.
Sen. E.J. Pipkin, the Senate minority leader, gave the GOP’s response on Wednesday.
Pipkin, R-Cecil, says the governor is relying too much on tax increases to address a $1.1 billion budget deficit.
The senator says the Democratic governor’s proposals [...]
O’Malley proposes more taxes for more jobs
BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: February 1, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, budget, capital budget, democrat, e.j. pipkin, Economy, gov. martin o'malley, growth, maryland, republican, speech, state of the state, tax proposals
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley called for tax hikes Wednesday in his State of the State address, urging lawmakers to weigh those “tough choices, the costs and the trade-offs” against the jobs he hopes to support through increased spending on infrastructure.
The governor’s $35.9 billion budget includes more money for schools and wastewater treatment plants, and [...]
O’Malley set to give State of the State speech
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 1, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, capital budget, Economy, General Assembly, gov. martin o'malley, job creation, legislative agenda, maryland state of the state, state of the state
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley will be giving his sixth State of the State speech.
O’Malley, a Democrat, is scheduled to give the speech at noon Wednesday in Annapolis before a joint session of the Maryland General Assembly.
The governor is expected to talk about the economy with an emphasis on spurring job creation in Maryland. He’ll [...]
O’Malley makes case for gay marriage law
BY: Capital News Service
POSTED: January 31, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, civil marriage protection act, committee, General Assembly, gov. o'malley, house of delegates, maryland, senate, Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
ANNAPOLIS – In testimony before a Senate committee Tuesday, Gov. Martin O’Malley stressed the importance of balancing the freedom of Maryland’s religious institutions to practice their faith with the civil rights of same-sex couples in the state.
“As a free and diverse people of many faiths, we choose to be governed under the law by certain [...]
Audit cites inmate access to social security numbers
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 31, 2012
Tags: audit, maryland, Maryland Correctional Enterprises, maryland department of public safety and correctional services, medicaid, numbers, social security
ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland audit has found that prison inmates had access to personal information such as social security numbers while working for Maryland Correctional Enterprises.
The audit released Tuesday focused on a program that provides work experience for inmates, who entered claims from physicians under the state’s Medicaid program for the health department.
A computer program [...]
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