Lawmakers hear judges’ case for higher pay
BY: marylandreporter.com
POSTED: February 8, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, cost of living index, Court of Appeals Judge Clayton Greene Jr., Department of Legislative Services, House Appropriations Committee, maryland
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s 284 judges are in desperate need of a raise, Court of Appeals Judge Clayton Greene Jr. told the House Appropriations Committee Tuesday.
Greene testified in support of a resolution to raise all judicial salaries by $29,000 over the next four years — up to 23 percent for some by 2016 — and said [...]
Frederick County revives plan to charge jail inmate fees
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 8, 2012
Tags: del. michael hough, Education, frederick county, ged, house judiciary committee, inmates, jail, michael smigiel, room-and-board
FREDERICK — State lawmakers from Frederick County are reviving a proposal to charge jail inmates for intake processing and education.
The Frederick News-Post reports that Republican Delegate Michael Hough presented the bill Tuesday to the House Judiciary Committee.
It would set a $10 intake fee for processing new inmates and a one-time fee of [...]
Miller expects ethics panel recommendations for Currie next week
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 8, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, Budget and Taxation Committee, Democratic Sen. Ulysses Currie, ethics panel, joint committee on legislative ethics, recommendations, sen. president thomas v. mike miller, shoppers food warehouse
ANNNAPOLIS — Maryland Sen. President Thomas V. Mike Miller says he expects an ethics panel to make recommendations regarding a fellow senator’s failure to disclose work he did for a grocery store chain no later than next week.
Miller said Wednesday that he has not discussed the review of Democratic Sen. Ulysses Currie with members of [...]
Panel names Maryland building after former secretary of state
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 8, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, fred wineland, jeffrey building, maryland, maryland house of delegates, rename, state building
ANNAPOLIS — The Board of Public Works has decided to rename a state building after Maryland’s longest-serving secretary of state.
The board on Wednesday approved renaming the Jeffrey Building in honor of Fred Wineland, a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and state Senate.
Wineland attended the board meeting in Annapolis to express his gratitude. [...]
Former Annapolis Mayor Callahan dies at age 70
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 8, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, death, died, Former Annapolis Mayor Dennis Callahan, heart attack, maryland, mayor
ANNAPOLIS — Former Annapolis Mayor Dennis Callahan has died of a heart attack. He was 70.
His death Wednesday morning was confirmed by the Anne Arundel County government, where Callahan served as the chief administrative officer.
Callahan served as mayor from 1985 to 1989. He lost a re-election bid in the 1989 Democratic primary.
County Executive John Leopold says [...]
State delegate seeks to ban arsenic in poultry feed
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 8, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, arsenic compound, attorney general doug gansler, chesapeake bay, Del. Tom Hucker, gov. harry hughes, House Environmental Matters Committee, Montgomery County, poultry
ANNAPOLIS — Del. Tom Hucker is planning to present his bill to ban arsenic compounds from poultry feed to the House Environmental Matters Committee.
Hucker, a Democrat from Montgomery County, along with former Gov. Harry Hughes, Attorney General Doug Gansler, public health and environmental experts, is expected give testimony Wednesday afternoon.
Supporters of the bill say arsenic [...]
House bill aims to strengthen distracted driving laws in Maryland
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, cell phone driving, handheld cell phone, House Environmental Matters Committee, lawmakers, maryland
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers want to enable police to pull someone over if they are talking on a handheld cell phone while driving.
The House Environmental Matters Committee is holding a hearing on Tuesday that would make it a primary offense, instead of a secondary one.
That means a police officer could pull someone over after observing [...]
Franchot: Gas tax hike is ‘punch to the gut’ 
BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: AAA, board of public works, comptroller peter franchot, fuel distributors, gas tax, gasoline, General Assembly, gov. martin o'malley, lock wills jr., maryland gas tax, mike smith, raquel guillory, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., tax hikes, Taxes, transportation trust fund
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ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s tax collector slammed Gov. Martin O’Malley’s plan to raise taxes on gasoline Tuesday, saying it would deal a “crushing blow” to families and businesses limping through the “flickering economic recovery.”
“I’ve gone all over the state. I can’t find anybody who supports this,” Comptroller Peter Franchot said at a briefing he hosted on [...]
Ethics panel meets again on Currie
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: bribery, ethics, ethics panel, General Assembly, Judge Joseph F. Murphy Jr., sanctions, senate, shoppers, state sen. ulysses currie
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland General Assembly’s ethics panel has met again to consider a Prince George’s County senator’s failure to disclose work for a grocery store chain.
The Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics met for about two hours on Tuesday. Members of the panel declined to comment when they left the meeting.
On Monday, the committee met [...]
Maryland struggling to avoid bond rating downgrade
BY: marylandreporter.com
POSTED: February 6, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, General Assembly, House Appropriations Committee, maryland, moody, State Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp, triple A bond rating
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ANNAPOLIS — Despite the state’s efforts to remain fiscally sound, Maryland is struggling to avoid the downgrading of its cherished top triple A bond rating due to possible federal budget cuts, State Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp has told the House Appropriations Committee.
“It’s very frustrating because everything you do, everything we do, they agree is top [...]
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