FREDERICK — A Frederick County commissioner has filed a lawsuit challenging Maryland’s redistricting map. The Frederick News-Post reports that Republican Commissioner Paul Smith has filed complaints in the Court of Appeals and Anne Arundel County Circuit Court. He is criticizing ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A group representing black voters has filed a civil rights lawsuit in hopes of changing Maryland’s recently approved congressional map for the next 10 years. Radamase Cabrera, a spokesman for the Fannie Lou Hamer political action committee, said ...

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GREENBELT — A Maryland man has sued over Gov. Martin O’Malley’s congressional redistricting map. Smithsburg resident Howard Gorrell, who attended all 12 redistricting hearings this summer, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on Thursday. Gorrell contends the ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — Glenn Ivey, the former Prince George’s County prosecutor, plans to run for the congressional seat held by Democratic Rep. Donna Edwards, according to a spokesman. Ramon Korionoff, who was Ivey’s spokesman as state’s attorney, said Tuesday that ...

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It is widely accepted that the new redistricting plan approved last week by the Maryland General Assembly will be challenged in court. Reportedly, one or more interest groups have already asked the Justice Department to step in and review the ...

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A proposed bowling alley in Hunt Valley, in which Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis is a partner, is still looking for financing, and a Baltimore hospital is being sued for Medicare fraud. Those stories and more in this week’s business ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A political action committee based in Prince George’s County is working with the Maryland Republican Party to challenge the state’s redistricting map in federal court. Radamase Cabrera, a spokesman for the Fannie Lou Hamer PAC, said Friday they ...

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Redistricting plan approved Gov. Martin O’Malley signed his congressional redistricting plan Thursday, shortly after the state Senate took a final vote to correct typographical errors in the bill. The Senate first approved the plan Tuesday, and the House of Delegates approved ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley has signed legislation outlining Maryland’s congressional redistricting map The Democratic governor signed the measure on Thursday, shortly after the state Senate took a final vote to correct about 24 typographical errors in the bill. The ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate has officially sent the state’s congressional redistricting map to Gov. Martin O’Malley for his signature. The Senate took a final vote on Thursday to correct about 24 typographical errors in the legislation. The House of ...

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