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Disabled protest possible budget cuts in Annapolis
ANNAPOLIS — Disabled Maryland residents are calling on Gov. Martin O’Malley to avoid budget cuts to Medicaid that they fear could damage community-based support services and force them into nursing […]
Gov. O’Malley won’t pass pension costs on to teachers
CAMBRIDGE — Gov. Martin O’Malley gave county officials from across Maryland some good news at their annual meeting, saying he would not seek to shift the huge costs of teacher […]
State Sen. Pugh coy about possible run for Baltimore mayor
State Sen. Catherine E. Pugh will hold a fundraiser Thursday morning at Gertrude’s at the Baltimore Museum of Art – but the perennial city pol is being coy about dishing […]
Md. Speaker Busch makes House committee appointments
The leadership of the House committees that oversee taxes and legal issues will have a new look in the 2011 legislative session, according to committee rosters Speaker Michael E. Busch, […]
Virginia students to attempt electoral redistricting
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Every 10 years, Virginia lawmakers redraw the House and Senate districts of the General Assembly and the congressional electoral districts to reflect changes in population growth. The […]
Maryland teachers’ union head rips state pension process
The executive director of the state teachers’ union has said the process being used by the commission considering changes to state pensions was “offensive,” rushed and lacked both details and […]
Md. commission: No combined tax reporting in 2011
ANNAPOLIS — A state commission recommended Tuesday that lawmakers not implement combined reporting for corporate taxes in 2011 but left the door open for the years beyond. Combined reporting, one […]
Time to notice registers of wills, court clerks
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman was introducing Democratic candidates around the room at a fundraiser for a House of Delegates candidate last month when he spied Byron MacFarlane. He’s running […]
Unemployment insurance bill passes House
Updated @ 2:20 p.m.: The House of Delegates passed an expansion of unemployment benefits Tuesday, the next-to-last step for legislation that will qualify the state’s bankrupt Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund […]
