ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland task force has backed off taking a more aggressive approach to curbing pollution from septic tanks in an effort to forge a consensus. The panel appointed by Gov. Martin O’Malley favors a more general, four-tiered approach ...

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WASHINGTON  — A panel of federal judges said last week that a bankruptcy judge’s membership in a Nashville, Tenn., country club that has no women or blacks as full-fledged members violates the judiciary’s code of ethics. But the panel said ...

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WASHINGTON — The imminent collapse of a special deficit-reduction supercommittee on Monday promises to set off yet another round of the Washington blame game as the panel officially admits failure in its quest to sop up at least $1.2 trillion ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Peter Greenleaf, president of MedImmune Inc., will be named by Gov. Martin O’Malley on Wednesday to oversee a state-run venture capital program that is expected to bring in at least $70 million to invest in small, high-tech companies. ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland workgroup on medical marijuana will be working on an application process for academic centers that could one day make marijuana available for sick patients. The workgroup met Wednesday in Annapolis to discuss three different groups within ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A top state budget analyst is recommending that Maryland lawmakers increase the state’s budget cushion to better weather financial uncertainty and address credit rating concerns. Warren Deschenaux gave lawmakers on a Senate committee a briefing Tuesday about Moody’s Investors ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A panel on congressional redistricting in Maryland has scheduled the first of three of 12 hearings across the state. The Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Committee announced Wednesday that the first two will take place in western Maryland on July ...

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WASHINGTON — Sanctions against attorneys who file frivolous lawsuits in federal court would be toughened under legislation advanced by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. The “Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act,” H.R. 966, was advanced by the committee last week on a ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A spokeswoman for Gov. Martin O’Malley says a panel on legislative redistricting has decided to hold 12 public hearings across Maryland. Raquel Guillory said Friday the Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Committee plans to release a hearing schedule on its ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A state commission voted Thursday to seek an attorney general’s opinion on whether Maryland law would allow the state to reduce cost-of-living adjustments for retirees. The Public Employees’ and Retirees’ Benefit Sustainability Commission, which has been studying ways ...

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