The Senate Finance Committee Wednesday completed its work on a package of bills that will increase the minimum wage in Maryland to $10.10 an hour while increasing pay for caregivers who work with the developmentally disabled.

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Legislation expanding the state’s medical marijuana appears inevitable, lawmakers say, even as the House of Delegates and Senate have passed substantially different measures.

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Sen. Bobby Zirkin believes a measure decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana could be added to a medical marijuana bill that already has passed the House of Delegates.

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A move to combine the efforts to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana with legislation expanding the state’s medical marijuana law is afoot in the Maryland Senate.

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The Maryland Senate Friday gave its final approval to a bill that would make possession of small amounts of marijuana a civil offense.

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The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee has approved a measure relegating marijuana possession to a civil offense.

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Law enforcement agencies and state’s attorneys from around Maryland said Tuesday they oppose laws that would decriminalize small amounts of marijuana or lead to outright legalization of recreational use of the drug.

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Maryland lawmakers are set to get their first real whiff of marijuana legislation this session with hearings scheduled Tuesday on measures that look to lift or loosen the state’s ban on recreational use of the drug.

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Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown says Colorado and Washington state should be applauded for legalizing marijuana, but he wants to learn more about what happens in those states before supporting legalization in Maryland.

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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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