The Department of General Services will no longer ban financial solicitations on Lawyers’ Mall and will pay nearly $100,000 to compensate groups prohibited from engaging in what they called constitutionally protected speech, under a settlement announced Wednesday. The ACLU of ...
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The Department of General Services will suspend until July 11 enforcement of its controversial ban on financial solicitations on Lawyers’ Mall as the state agency tries to resolve the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland’s claim that the prohibition violates the constitutional right to free speech.
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ANNAPOLIS – The ACLU of Maryland filed suit Thursday against the Department of General Services, saying DGS’s ban on financial solicitations on Lawyers’ Mall – a popular site for political protest at the foot of the State House – violates ...
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Read More »ANNAPOLIS — Labor union leaders criticized the stalled gambling negotiations among state lawmakers Monday, saying the snarled debate was preventing the largest construction project for union jobs in the country. The claim, made as about 20 members of the Washington ...
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Read More »ANNAPOLIS — Maryland opponents of a controversial drilling technique want to asses a $10 per-acre fee on land leased for extracting gas. The retroactive fee would apply to lands leased for hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, a method of ...
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Read More »A few visitors to rainy Annapolis neglected to glance at the weather forecast before leaving home Wednesday morning, and afternoon hearings are sure to be a bit soggier for it. Solutions for those without umbrellas varied. One man walking along State Circle wore ...
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Read More »The O’Malley Administration is enlisting support for the governor’s offshore wind energy bill from people in all walks of life. Emails went flying out to the media last Friday. First came word that 30 religious leaders from Prince George’s County would ...
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Read More »ANNAPOLIS — Environmentalists are heading to Annapolis to speak out against public spending on bottled water as part of World Water Day events. Tuesday is World Water Day, established by the United Nations to focus attention on the importance of ...
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Read More »ANNAPOLIS — They were in full campaign mode outside the State House Tuesday, arguing that the end is near — the end of a world built brick by brick by unions. The heart of that world, they say, is collective ...
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