A deadline is approaching for Maryland candidates to file a financial disclosure statement, if they filed a certificate of candidacy last year for this year's primary.

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Maryland receives a grade of C, but just barely, when it comes to financial disclosures filed by the state's top judges, according to a report released by the Center for Public Integrity.

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A federal judge in Greenbelt has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new U.S. law that requires online posting of the assets and financial holdings of about 28,000 senior Executive Branch officials, saying the act likely violates their “informational privacy” rights.

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Are judges above the law? Of course not. Unless they decide to be.

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Under Maryland Judiciary rules, judges may list “no change” on their annual State of Financial Interests if the asset or liability has not changed from the prior year.

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Six of the seven judges on Maryland’s top court own more than one home, two are carrying more than $10,000 in non-mortgage debt, two have car payments and one is ruing a bad investment from 25 years ago.

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WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor revealed Wednesday that she is still getting gifts more than two years after her confirmation as the Supreme Court’s first Hispanic justice, including a $6,000 “translucent composite print” of important places and things from her ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley admitted last week was a tough week for Democrats during his appearance on “Face the Nation.” Read more about that, and more, in Monday morning’s links: The Washington Post recaps Gov. Martin O’Malley’s appearance on “Face the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland senators are considering legislation that would mandate financial disclosure forms for state officials be filed electronically and posted online. Lawmakers attempted to amend the bill Wednesday to include local officials who run on a slate with state-level ...

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ANNAPOLIS — An ethics panel of state senators is recommending that local government officials should not be required to release as much information in financial disclosure forms as officials in state government. Under the proposal discussed Friday, local officials would ...

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