ANNAPOLIS — A Republican member of Maryland’s State House who has been mentioned as a possible supporter of a bill to legalize gay marriage says he’s unsure if he will support it. Republican Delegate Patrick Hogan represents an increasingly Democratic ...

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FREDERICK — State lawmakers from Frederick County are reviving a proposal to charge jail inmates for intake processing and education. The Frederick News-Post reports that Republican Delegate Michael Hough presented the bill Tuesday to the House Judiciary Committee. It would ...

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The latest developments stemming from the Court of Appeals’ counsel-at-bail ruling were both among the most-read legal stories of the week. Days after a House Judiciary Committee appeared poised to undo the Court of Appeals’ decision, the top court said ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The House Judiciary Committee appears poised to undo a court ruling that indigent defendants have a statutory right to counsel when their bail is set — a right the public defender estimates would cost the state $28 million ...

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ANNAPOLIS — In an attempt to fix the state’s most troubled agency without spending more money, lawmakers are asking the Department of Juvenile Services for reports rather than policy changes. A bill that would have mandated substantially equivalent services for ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland House and Senate took the teeth out of legislation requiring equal services for girls in the juvenile justice system last week, but Annapolis leaders, including Gov. Martin O’Malley, are confident that the new juvenile services secretary, ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gun-rights advocates can rest easy after a House panel last week killed some of the most controversial firearms proposals facing the General Assembly. The House Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly voted to squash a pair of identical bills that sought ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A former Maryland House Speaker and a man who served time on death row before being exonerated urged lawmakers Tuesday to repeal capital punishment in the state. Opposing them were a county state’s attorney and law enforcement associations, ...

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia communities facing a federal mandate to reduce Chesapeake Bay pollution may get some financial help from state lawmakers. The House Judiciary Committee approved a plan Friday that would dedicate $6 million in annual lottery revenues ...

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With Maryland’s same-sex marriage bill moving through the House of Delegates, there has been much news from Annapolis this week. But there was also news from Baltimore, as legal affairs reporter Brendan Kearney reported that the city has spent more ...

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