A Maryland board approved the initial investment for what is expected to be a $34 million restoration project on the historic Maryland State House.
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Read More »January 27, 2022 Comments Off on Maryland board OKs contract for State House restoration
A Maryland board approved the initial investment for what is expected to be a $34 million restoration project on the historic Maryland State House.
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Read More »June 15, 2020 Comments Off on Support growing to remove Civil War plaque in Maryland
Support is growing on a four-member panel to remove a plaque from Maryland’s Capitol that honors the Civil War’s Union and Confederate soldiers from the state and once showed a Confederate flag that has been covered over.
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Read More »October 26, 2018 Comments Off on Maryland state workers demand increased staffing, pay
State workers in Maryland are demanding Gov. Larry Hogan's administration provide better working conditions, including pay and staffing increases.
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Read More »August 18, 2017 Comments Off on Maryland removes Roger Taney statue from State House
ANNAPOLIS — A statue of the U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision that upheld slavery and denied citizenship to African Americans was removed from the grounds of the Maryland State House early Friday morning. The ...
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Read More »August 18, 2017 Comments Off on Miller chastises Hogan over vote to remove statue, calls Taney legacy ‘complex’
The leader of Maryland's Senate criticized Gov. Larry Hogan for holding an email vote to remove the statue of Roger Brooke Taney and in the same letter defended the legacy of the Supreme Court chief justice who authored the Dred Scott decision.
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Read More »August 16, 2017 Comments Off on Md. State House Trust votes to remove Taney statue
The panel that oversees the State House and its grounds has voted to remove the statue of the chief justice of the Supreme Court who authored the Dred Scott decision.
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Read More »August 26, 2016 Comments Off on Activist wants Harriet Tubman statue at Md. State House
ANNAPOLIS— A student activist is calling for a statue of Harriet Tubman to be added to the grounds of the Maryland State House. The Washington Post reports that University of Maryland student Colin Byrd thinks his push for the Tubman ...
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Read More »July 5, 2016 Comments Off on Gov.: Md. State House saved by 208-year-old lightning rod
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan says the Maryland State House was saved from a lightning strike “by a 208-year-old original Ben Franklin lightning rod.” The nation’s oldest State House was hit by lightning Friday evening, triggering a sprinkler system in ...
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Read More »February 23, 2016 Comments Off on Bill would move Taney Statue from Maryland capitol grounds
ANNAPOLIS — Legislation moving through Annapolis could put a statue of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney, a Maryland native known for writing the pro-slavery Dred Scott opinion, in jeopardy. Monuments from the Civil War with ties to slavery ...
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Read More »December 1, 2015 Comments Off on Groups decorating Christmas trees at Maryland State House
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland State House is being decorated with Christmas trees representing all 24 of the state’s jurisdictions. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s office says garden clubs from around the state are delivering and decorating a Christmas tree from their ...
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