ANNAPOLIS — Gay marriage is all but legalized in Maryland after the legislature gave its final OK Thursday to the law that’s being sent to Gov. Martin O’Malley, who said he expects to sign it sometime next week. In a small ...

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The state Senate has labored mightily and slapped one of its own on the wrist. By a unanimous vote, the Senate censured Sen. Ulysses Currie, D-Prince George’s, last Friday for ethics violations in connection with his failure to disclose work ...

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ANNAPOLIS — State Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller says his chamber will vote on a bill to legalize gay marriage later Thursday. Senators are expected to return to the chamber at 4 p.m. to wrap up what Miller expects ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate is expected this week to debate and vote on a measure to legalize gay marriage as supporters prepare to resist amendments that they say could kill the measure. Republican leaders asked that discussion of the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown says the legislature needs approve a bill that continues to set up guidelines for a government-developed health insurance market. Brown testified Wednesday before the state Senate committee on a bill that expands laws ...

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Daily Record columnist and WYPR Senior News Analyst C. Fraser Smith joins me once again on a super-sized podcast to review the big news from Friday: the House of Delegates passing same-sex marriage legislation and the Senate unanimously voting to ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland agriculture and environmental officials are opposing a bill to prohibit additional bay restoration regulations on farmers until other states in the watershed catch up to their pollution reductions. Maryland Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance appeared Tuesday before a ...

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WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress launched bids Thursday to nullify Obama administration rules that would speed up union elections and set the first national air pollution standards for toxic mercury pollution from the nation’s power plants. The rarely used tactic, ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland House of Delegates will wait at least until Thursday to begin debate on a bill to legalize gay marriage, members said. Supporters of the measure agreed Wednesday to layover the bill, potentially bringing it up for ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley says he wants lawmakers to pass a bill that would legalize gay marriage in order to provide children with stable homes. O’Malley, flanked by clergy members, testified before the House Judiciary and Health and Government ...

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