Here’s a few government and politics headlines for Tuesday:
- Patch.com report two state delegates say last weeks’ hearing on corruption at the Baltimore Detention Center was not adequate.
- The Washington Post reports Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler wants there to be an independent probe of the jail.
- The Daily Record reports state officials hope to make use of the new public-private partnership procurement law “three to five” times a year.
- The Baltimore Sun reports Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake would be OK with a tax on shopping bags. Similar state legislation has previously failed.