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Roads, bridges, transit projects announced with gas tax hike
The Baltimore SunThe gas tax increase Gov. Martin O'Malley signed into law Thursday will pay for weekend MARC service between Baltimore and D.C., roads and bridges throughout the state and construction on the Red and Purple lines to begin as soon as 2015. The first...Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Prince George's County, Howard County
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Ads to promote new gun control law
Advertisements praising Maryland's new gun control law will appear on Baltimore-area televisions soon after the measure is signed Thursday — the first volley in a two-pronged effort to defend the legislation and the politicians who voted for it....
Tags: Government, Laws, Preakness Stakes, Referenda, Executive Branch
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Key provisions of Maryland's new gun law
The new gun bill will be the first of hundreds Gov. Martin O'Malley plans to sign at a ceremony Thursday. Key provisions of the 62-page law include: - A ban on the sale of 45 types of assault weapons and their copycats. - A ban on sales of...
Tags: Punishment, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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Franchot presents governor with $271 check
The Most Interesting Man in Maryland made an interesting presentation to Gov. Martin O'Malley Wednesday -- a $271 check representing royalties owed for an appearance in a movie while O'Malley was mayor of Baltimore. Comptroller Peter Franchot, who has...
Tags: Annapolis, Joaquin Phoenix, Government, Regional Authority, John Travolta
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Maryland's model for gun regulation
Tomorrow, Gov. Martin O'Malley plans to sign into law the most comprehensive gun control legislation Maryland has seen in at least 25 years, a bill that will not only help guard against a mass shooting incident, like December's massacre at Sandy Hook...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Firearms, Government, Interior Policy, Laws
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Martin O'Malley makes it to the Oval Office -- But it's not the one in Washington
The Baltimore SunI saw it with my own eyes -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley standing centerstage Tuesday in the Oval Office. Only it wasn't the one in Washington. It did, though, make for a light but fascinating kind of political-pop-culture-meta moment. O'Malley...Tags: House of Cards (tv program), Elections, Edgewood, Government, Regional Authority
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Missing Blue Angels? Blame Obama
In her column ("An Annapolis tradition, grounded," May 13), Susan Reimer writes that Congress should be ashamed that because of sequestration the Blue Angels will skip the U.S. Naval Academy graduation this year. Really? How about President Barack...
Tags: Annapolis, Parkville, White House, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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Maryland has improved voter access
This past November, I went to Florida to help mobilize voters to increase participation in communities of color and raise the voice of those often unheard. While there, I witnessed firsthand what we all have seen on TV — terrible voting lines that...
Tags: Elections, Government, Voting, Politics, Executive Branch
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Could Biden benefit from scrutiny of Hillary Clinton's handling of Benghazi?
If former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hoped she could segue quietly into private life as she pondered a presidential bid in 2016, that fantasy has been abruptly harpooned in the resurrection of the political squabble over the terrorist attack on...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Elections, Barack Obama, The Washington Post, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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Death penalty supporters launch petition drive
One day after Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation to abolish capital punishment in Maryland, death penalty supporters said Friday they will launch a petition drive to give voters the opportunity to overturn the new law. At a news conference,...
Tags: Polls, Government, Laws, Same-Sex Marriage, Executive Branch
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Commencement speakers strive to inspire, entertain
Expectations are high for this year's commencement speakers at Maryland universities — an august crew that includes the Obamas and their team of writers as well as funnyman Bill Cosby and Hollywood director Jason Winer. But to stand out — or...
Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Stanley A. McChrystal, University of Maryland, College Park, Morgan State University
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States try to tackle 'secret money' in politics
WASHINGTON — Early last month, state lawyers and election officials around the country dialed into a conference call to talk about how to deal with the flood of secret money that played an unprecedented role in the 2012 election. The discussion,...Tags: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Elections, Government, Carl Levin, Jerry Brown
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