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Stephanie Tracy
State hopes to turn greener with passage of environmental bills
- By most measures, the environment emerged from the Maryland General Assembly session as a big winner with the passage of a number of bills designed to curb pollution and encourage renewable energy usage.
Assembly OKs panhandling ban
- Anne Arundel County’s state lawmakers had a lot to celebrate Monday at the end of the General Assembly’s annual 90-day session. Two major pieces of local legislation were among the bills approved after years, and in one case decades, of work.
Trauma centers could feel new strain
- The failure of Prince George’s Hospital System, including its trauma center, will put a strain on busy trauma centers in the Baltimore area, causing bed shortages and overcrowding, hospital officials said Tuesday.
- The failure of Prince George’s Hospital System, including its trauma center, will put a strain on busy trauma centers in the Baltimore area, causing bed shortages and overcrowding, hospital officials said Tuesday.
Controversial issues left undone
- Amid the traditional bill-signing celebrating the end of the 90-day General Assembly session Tuesday, some lawmakers mourned the failure of other bills that weren’t so lucky.
Small businesses granted brief reprieve from smoking ban
- Lawmakers finally approved a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants Monday after weeks of negotiations that ultimately strengthened the law by limiting relief for small-business owners who feared the ban would put them out of business.
Supporters hope Green Fund bill will succeed next year
- Developers won’t be paying extra to clean up the Chesapeake Bay this year, but next year’s statewide financial fix likely will include a proposed fee on development designed to help stem the tide of pollution caused by growth.
- Developers won’t be paying extra to clean up the Chesapeake Bay this year, but next year’s statewide financial fix likely will include a proposed fee on development designed to help stem the tide of pollution caused by growth.
Assembly takes final action on scholarships, child porn bills
- During heavy floor action late Friday, the Maryland General Assembly gave final approval or came close to it on bills restricting legislative scholarships, holding up driver’s licenses for truants, increasing penalties for child pornography and banning the sale of inhaled alcohol.
Clock ticking on deal to save hospital
- While Prince George’s County officials and state bureaucrats continued haggling over how to keep the ailing Prince George’s Hospital system alive, Gov. Martin O’Malley tried to sweeten the deal Thursday with an offer of millions in state funding.
Republicans threaten to block debate on immigrant tuition
- Senate Republicans threatened Wednesday to block debate on a proposal to offer in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants if the bill makes it to the Senate floor.
Governor lobbies state lawmakers for living wage
- Despite being out of the public discussion for weeks, the issue of raising the minimum wage for state contract workers heated up again Wednesday after Gov. Martin O’Malley began lobbying lawmakers.
Rights issue muddies waters in Towson MBA bill decision
- For some lawmakers, a bill threatening to end Towson University’s MBA program is a political hot potato that sets a bad precedent. For others, it’s about civil rights. With four days left in the General Assembly’s 90-day session, a House of Delegates subcommittee is trying to craft a compromise.
Bill to bring dental care to the underserved clears House
- Local health departments would get more money to promote access to dental care programs in underserved communities, according to a bill that has now passed both the House of Delegates and the Senate.
Plan approved to give presidential votes to national popular winner
- Maryland became the founding member Monday of a group of states that would pledge its electoral votes for president of the United States to the winner of the national popular vote.
