WASHINGTON — In its first major campaign finance case since the Citizens United ruling in 2010, the Supreme Court is considering whether to undo some limits on contributions from the biggest individual givers to political campaigns. The justices will hear ...

Tagged with: campaign finance first amendment Law legal news reform Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is enrolling some star power to promote health care. Obama stopped by a private White House meeting Monday with celebrities including singer Jennifer Hudson and actors Amy Poehler, Michael Cera and Kal Penn. The White ...

Tagged with: Barack Obama Government obamacare reform white house

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler is planning to talk about proposals to improve transparency and accountability in state government. Gansler has scheduled a forum for Wednesday in Annapolis. It’s the third forum the attorney general has set as ...

Tagged with: Attorney General doug gansler ethics Law legal news maryland meeting reform

ANNAPOLIS — The comptroller of Maryland is calling attention to a tax credit available to small businesses to help offset costs relating to the federal health care overhaul. Comptroller Peter Franchot is participating in a pilot program to see how ...

Tagged with: comptroller Comptroller Peter V. R. Franchot maryland reform

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s health care law, hailed as his most significant legislative achievement, seems to be losing much of its sweep. On Tuesday, the administration unexpectedly announced a one-year delay, until after the 2014 elections, in a central ...

Tagged with: d.c. obamacare reform united states washington

By all accounts, this has not been a good stretch of the year for the Obama administration. In fact, what columnist Ruth Marcus called an “unfortunate confluence of unfortunate events,” the Benghazi, Internal Revenue Service and Associated Press probe “scandals” will ultimately not make the first paragraph — not even the first page — of the account of the Obama Administration in the history books.

Tagged with: black guerilla family department of justice gary maynard General Assembly Government Internal Revenue Service jail Legal Commentary Martin O'Malley prisoner reform

The Maryland Office of the Public Defender has been providing representation since June to all defendants seeking counsel in their bail review hearings. But a Justice Policy Institute report released last month on the bail system in Baltimore found the ...

Tagged with: bail maryland Maryland Office of the Public Defender reform report

Jo-Ellen Unger has joined Har Sinai Congregation as director of congregational learning. ...

Tagged with: Har Sinai Congregation reform

Crystal Moon could be Exhibit A in the case for Maryland’s leadership in the struggle to make health insurance available to all Americans.

Tagged with: C. Fraser Smith General Assembly maryland reform

The Supreme Court found no constitutional objections to most of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or, as some prefer, “Obamacare”). The constitutional question may be settled, but the policy debate remains, at least on the state level. State policymakers are ...

Tagged with: Affordable Care Act maryland maryland public policy institute medicaid medicare reform Supreme Court united states