Maryland's transportation secretary says the state will withhold about $55.6 million in capital funds from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority due to a lack of transparency about how state money is being used.
Read More »Voter registration error affects far more than first thought
A computer error at the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration involving voter registration may affect as many as 80,000 voters
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Read More »Hogan’s plan to widen B-W Parkway hits federal roadblock
Gov. Larry Hogan's plan to ease commute times on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway is being clogged, at least temporarily, by congestion of the federal government kind.
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Read More »Hogan calls for new highway contract; Rahn recuses himself from process
Gov. Larry Hogan ordered his state transportation secretary Friday to seek a new contract to oversee the largest public-private highway project in the country saying a recent contract that was put on hold lacked public transparency.
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Read More »Hogan, Rahn hail launch of BaltimoreLink system
A newly reorganized transit system has yet to make its first trip, but already Gov. Larry Hogan and Transportation Secretary Pete K. Rahn are calling the nascent BaltimoreLink system transformative. Hogan and Rahn stood in a parking lot of the ...
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Read More »Ravens quarterback to promote Hogan’s BaltimoreLink bus plan
BALTIMORE — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is promoting Gov. Larry Hogan’s BaltimoreLink bus plan. Flacco is scheduled to team up with state transportation officials on Wednesday in Baltimore to unveil “Flacco Buses.” They will have bus wraps featuring the ...
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Read More »Hogan makes repeal of Md. transportation bill ‘top priority’
ANNAPOLIS — A new state law that mandates each local transportation project be scored and ranked for state funding is being targeted for repeal by Republican Gov. Larry Hogan. Hogan Wednesday told reporters he will make the repeal of the law, ...
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Read More »Hogan, Md. lawmakers to collide over transportation law
An effort to repeal a recently enacted law that requires the state to score and rank local transportation projects will be part of Gov. Larry Hogan’s legislative package when the 2017 session begins in less than a month. Hogan speaking ...
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Read More »Rahn, Md. lawmakers butt heads on transportation scoring bill
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s transportation secretary told lawmakers that a law meant to promote transparency in how the state funds local transportation projects is irreparably broken and should be scrapped. Pete K. Rahn made his comments Friday in response to questions ...
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Read More »Citing Metro, court ruling on Purple Line could set back construction
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has canceled government approval of the light-rail Purple Line, citing ongoing problems with Metrorail. A U.S. District Court judge said in a ruling Wednesday that Maryland must do another study projecting anticipated Purple Line ridership ...
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