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Here are some news items to get the first week of the baseball season started.
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Read More »Bill could make it tougher for Md. ballot measures
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 ...
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Read More »The Eye on Annapolis Podcast
The future of Maryland's five death-row inmates, plus a look ahead to the looming battles over transportation funding.
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Read More »Md. politics show signs of moving further left
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 ...
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Read More »Death penalty repeal clears House, but is referendum in future?
The House of Delegates has approved a bill to repeal the death penalty, putting Maryland on the brink of becoming the 18th state to ban capital punishment.
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Read More »House gives preliminary approval to death penalty repeal
The House of Delegates has given preliminary approval to legislation that would repeal Maryland’s death penalty, bringing the bill within one step of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s desk.
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Read More »Death penalty’s supporters plan to put up a fight in House
ANNAPOLIS — One week after the Maryland Senate passed a bill to repeal the state’s death penalty, the House of Delegates is poised to do the same. But in spite of the expected success of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s bill to ...
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Read More »The Eye on Annapolis Podcast
The Eye on Annapolis Podcast returns with updates on the death penalty, pit bulls and transportation funding.
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Read More »Law blog roundup
Retired justice pens book about the Supreme Court.
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Read More »House committee approves death penalty repeal bill
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley’s bill to end the death penalty moved one step closer to becoming law Friday when a House of Delegates’ Judiciary Committee passed the measure in a 14-8 vote. The bill, already passed by the Senate, ...
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