The podcast is back with a look at the renewed push for a special session on gambling. Daily Record State House reporter Alex Pyles and I discuss what makes this effort different as well as Gov. Martin O’Malley’s more public ...

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Some technical difficulties today with the podcast, so instead we’re posting Alex’s responses to questions. Many had pointed to July 9 as the start of a second special session of the General Assembly focusing on gambling, but that is appearing ...

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With the Maryland General Assembly set to convene a special legislative session to finish the fiscal year 2013 budget, the Eye on Annapolis Podcast returns to discuss what is — and isn’t — on the schedule for this overtime meeting ...

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The podcast returns with a look at breakfast — specifically, the morning meeting scheduled for Tuesday between Gov. Martin O’Malley, Senate President Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael Busch. Daily Record State House reporter Alex Pyles also assesses the posturing ...

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The Podcast returns with a look back at the General Assembly’s session and look-ahead to an expected special session. Daily Record State House reporter Alex Pyles gives an eyewitness account of how legislators ran out of time on budget negotiations ...

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The Eye on Annapolis podcast is back with a look at what is shaping up to be a frantic finish to the General Assembly session. Alex and I look at the status of the budget bills and energy bills involving ...

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The Eye on Annapolis podcast is back with a look at Saturday’s special session. Daily Record State House reporter Alex Pyles and I discuss two of the weekend’s big bills, one addressing public-private partnerships and the other calling for a ...

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The podcast is back with a three-man look at what’s going on in and around the State House. The Daily Record’s Alex Pyles, Daily Record columnist and WYPR News Analyst C. Fraser Smith and I discuss the enhanced collaboration between ...

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Daily Record columnist and WYPR Senior News Analyst C. Fraser Smith joined me Monday to examine the prospects for a referendum on the same-sex marriage bill, preview Tuesday’s workshop on prisoner reentry and discuss the holding pattern that has become ...

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Daily Record columnist and WYPR Senior News Analyst C. Fraser Smith joins me on the podcast to review the week that was in Annapolis. Among the topics we discuss is the long-running rivalry between Gov. Martin O’Malley and Comptroller Peter ...

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