The legalization of recreational marijuana is coming to Maryland but probably not this year or any time soon, according to Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller.

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The rule change is two years in the making.

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The Maryland Senate late Monday approved a bill that would provide insurance benefits to people who were unsuccessful in their attempt to sign up for coverage through the state health benefits exchange website.

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Overall, Maryland ranked 44th, according to the Mercatus survey, just above New York, California, Massachusettes, Illinois, Connecticut and New Jersey.

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The Senate president predicts an increase but said he wasn't sure what that might look like other than to say "it's going to be different, in my opinion, from what the governor has proposed and it's going to be different from what the people in Prince George's and Montgomery County have already enacted."

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In the case of attorneys at initial bail hearing in Maryland that line might very well read: The decision of the judges shall remain final unless we don't like it.

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O'Malley's soon-to-be-released spending plan, which is expected to come in around $39 billion for the next fiscal 2015, would be about $2 billion more than the budget approved for the current year.

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A proposal to create bridge for people who thought they signed up for health insurance through a state website is not getting rave reviews from some Republicans.

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"It's a privilege to serve on a committee, not a guarantee," Busch said. "[Dwyer] lost that privilege."

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Del. Don Dwyer's afternoons for the next 90 days have been suddenly freed up.

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