ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland State Board of Elections has certified that the state’s congressional redistricting map will be on the ballot in November for voters to approve or reject. Linda Lamone, the board administrator, wrote a letter to Washington County ...

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Even on a shortened holiday week, House of Delegates Speaker Michael E. Busch is trying to figure out the gambling impasse in his chamber. The Baltimore Sun reports that Busch hosted House leadership in Annapolis Monday in an attempt to ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Opponents of Maryland’s congressional redistricting map say they are confident they have submitted enough valid signatures to give voters a chance to reject it in November. Del. Neil Parrott, R-Washington, and several other Republican lawmakers talked about their ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t hear a complaint against Maryland’s congressional redistricting map by voters unhappy with the state’s new maps. The high court affirmed Maryland judges’ decision to throw the lawsuit out. Some voters had complained that the ...

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GREENBELT — A former member of an advisory committee on legislative redistricting in Maryland who pleaded guilty to failing to pay employment taxes is scheduled to be sentenced. Richard Stewart pleaded guilty in December to failing to collect, truthfully account ...

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Though there was no official agreement on the start of a special legislative session Wednesday, there was some other big news out of the State House. When Gov. Martin O’Malley, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and House Speaker ...

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WASHINGTON — Candidates in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District focused their last-minute campaigning mainly on Montgomery and Frederick counties Tuesday as voters went to the polls to choose their parties’ nominees. The western Maryland district, a longtime GOP stronghold, was drastically ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Some Maryland lawmakers want to put the state’s congressional redistricting map on the ballot in November to give voters a chance to reject it. Delegate Neil Parrott, a Washington County Republican, kicked off a referendum petition drive on ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A U.S. District Court judge has rejected a challenge to the Maryland congressional redistricting plan proposed by the governor and approved by the General Assembly last fall. An opinion issued by Judge William Quarles on Monday denies the ...

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The overturning of a lead-paint verdict that stated the process of seizing a city agency’s vehicles tops the list of most-read legal affairs stories of the week. The list also includes a lawsuit filed by security guards who allege they ...

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