http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Mon, 20 May 2013 12:31:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/03/md-death-penalty-supporters-to-make-announcement/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/03/md-death-penalty-supporters-to-make-announcement/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 11:22:34 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=238999 &via=&related=DolcePixel"> Death-penalty supporters on Friday launched an online petition drive to preserve capital punishment in Maryland, one day after Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the legislation to abolish it as of Oct. 1.

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]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/03/md-death-penalty-supporters-to-make-announcement/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/10/foes-of-gun-bill-try-start-process-for-petition/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/10/foes-of-gun-bill-try-start-process-for-petition/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:18:43 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=237467 ANNAPOLIS — Opponents of a Maryland gun-control measure took steps on Wednesday to prepare a petition drive with hopes of giving voters a chance to reject the bill next year on the ballot. Del. Neil Parrott, R-Washington, brought language for a petition to the Maryland State Board of Elections to seek an advance decision on [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/10/foes-of-gun-bill-try-start-process-for-petition/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/20/death-penalty-referendum-seems-unlikely/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/20/death-penalty-referendum-seems-unlikely/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:52:12 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=236019 ANNAPOLIS — Laws in 2012 prompted Maryland’s first statewide ballot referendum in 20 years, allowing marriage equality, the Dream Act and congressional redistricting to be upheld by voters. And if those who don’t agree with Maryland’s likely ban of the death penalty try to get voters to reverse it, a new bill could create obstacles [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/20/death-penalty-referendum-seems-unlikely/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/24/217831/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/24/217831/#comments Sun, 24 Jun 2012 22:00:44 +0000 marylandreporter.com http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=217831 Maryland voters in November may face as many as three questions on the ballot to overturn laws passed by the General Assembly. Opponents of the third measure — a gerrymandered congressional district plan — are nearly halfway to reaching the signatures needed with a week left to go. It will be the first time in [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/24/217831/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/29/state-election-board-oks-language-for-gay-marriage-petition/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/29/state-election-board-oks-language-for-gay-marriage-petition/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:57:32 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/29/state-election-board-oks-language-for-gay-marriage-petition/ ANNAPOLIS — As Gov. Martin O’Malley prepares to sign legislation legalizing gay marriage, opponents of the bill have cleared one of the first hurdles to asking voters to overturn the law. The State Board of Elections has approved the language opponents will use when collecting signatures to bring the law to referendum, Mary Cramer Wagner, [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/29/state-election-board-oks-language-for-gay-marriage-petition/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/01/03/smigiel-and-parrott-offer-bills-to-clarify-petition-signatures/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/01/03/smigiel-and-parrott-offer-bills-to-clarify-petition-signatures/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:35:13 +0000 marylandreporter.com http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/01/03/smigiel-and-parrott-offer-bills-to-clarify-petition-signatures/ ANNAPOLIS — A group of citizens last year, upset about a new law granting in-state tuition to some of the state’s illegal immigrants, was the first in 20 years to successfully petition a law to a statewide ballot. The referendum on the tuition law, which will take place in November, raised significant issues about the [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/01/03/smigiel-and-parrott-offer-bills-to-clarify-petition-signatures/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/04/western-maryland-contractors-blast-minority-requirement/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/04/western-maryland-contractors-blast-minority-requirement/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:57:15 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/04/western-maryland-contractors-blast-minority-requirement/ HAGERSTOWN — Some western Maryland contractors are demanding an end to the state’s Minority Business Enterprise law. Local members of the Associated Builders and Contractors aired their concerns at a meeting Monday in Hagerstown with Republican state lawmakers from Washington and Frederick counties. The law requires contractors to seek minority-owned subcontractors when bidding on state [...]

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