May Day activists cheer state immigration laws
BY: Associated Press SALEM, Ore. — As Congress debates the first national immigration overhaul in decades, a state-level push advancing rights for people in the U.S. illegally has picked up momentum across the country. Among the patchwork changes to state law taking effect from Maryland to Oregon are provisions that lower tuition rates, advance employment opportunities and repeal [...] |
Supreme Court rejects Alabama appeal over immigration law
BY: Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An attorney for the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center says the U.S. Supreme Court has turned down Alabama’s appeal to revive portions of the state’s immigration law. The justices on Monday left in place a federal appeals court ruling that blocked parts of the law. Justice Antonin Scalia voted to hear the [...] |
Barry Rosen: Beware of English-only rules
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Md. House panel to hear immigrant licensing bill
BY: Associated Press ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland House panel is considering a bill that would allow illegal immigrants to continue to obtain driver’s licenses. If passed, Maryland would join of a handful of states in the nation that allow immigrants who are unable to prove legal residency to obtain and renew valid driver’s licenses. State law currently allows [...] |
Obama withdraws appeals court pick
BY: Associated Press  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama withdrew his nomination of Caitlin Halligan to a federal appeals court Friday, handing a victory to Republicans in the Senate who twice blocked his pick for the key judicial post. Calling the obstruction by Republicans unjustified and unacceptable, Obama said he agreed to Halligan’s request to be pulled from consideration [...] |
Md. politics show signs of moving further left
BY: Associated Press After years of trying, Gov. Martin O’Malley finally has won legislative approval of two priorities of his administration: a ban on capital punishment and a measure to develop offshore wind. What helped cause the breakthrough? Political scientists say a state long solidly Democratic has moved increasingly to the left as the result of recent statewide [...] |
Jack L.B. Gohn: A slap in the face? Really?
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Md. voters approve state’s version of Dream Act
BY: Associated Press ANNAPOLIS — Voters on Tuesday approved allowing illegal immigrants who meet certain criteria to pay in-state tuition at public colleges, making Maryland the first state in the nation to pass by popular vote a version of the Dream Act. Illegal immigrants can pay in-state rates if they attend a Maryland high school for three years [...] |
Md. voters deciding high-profile ballot measures
BY: Associated Press  ANNAPOLIS — Maryland could become the first state in the nation to decide by popular vote to allow illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at public colleges. Voters were also making up their minds on same-sex marriage, expanded gambling and whether the new congressional map needs redrawn. The tuition measure, signed by Gov. Martin O’Malley [...] |
Md. secretary of state certifies ballot language
BY: Associated Press ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s secretary of state has certified ballot language for seven statewide questions voters will decide in November. Secretary of State John McDonough on Monday certified language for three constitutional amendments, three referendum petitions and a referendum on the expansion of gambling. Voters will decide whether to allow same-sex marriage and in-state tuition for [...] |
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Newsmakers – Doug Gansler
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler sat down with Daily Record reporters and editors for our latest Newsmakers interview. Gansler spoke about his potential run for governor, the high-profile bills on gun control and the death penalty passed by the General Assembly and the challenges facing his office and the state of Maryland....
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