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Impallaria finesses rivals' endorsements
A mailer by a Republican candidate for the nomination to run against Democratic U.S. Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger in the 2nd District gives a lesson in how to finesse the issue when a rival picks off the most desirable endorsements from party...Tags: Human Rights, Republican Party, Illegal Immigrants, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Immigration
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Md. Senate votes to ban smoking in cars carrying kids
The Maryland Senate wants to prohibit drivers from smoking in cars if a child under the age of 8 is a passenger.
Senators signed off on the bill in a 27-19 vote Wednesday.
Proponents of the legislation said they chose the 8-year-old age standard...Tags: Paul G Pinsky, Politics, Asthma, Elections
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Jacobs to challenge Ruppersberger in Maryland's 2nd District
State Sen. Nancy Jacobs said Tuesday she will announce her candidacy for the 2nd Congressional District this week, making her the latest state lawmaker to jump into a House race for the 2012 election.
Jacobs, who stepped down as Republican Senate leader...Tags: Republican Party, Roscoe G Bartlett, Annapolis, Baltimore County, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
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State lawmakers hope to ride anti-incumbent wave to Congress
Nearly a half-dozen Maryland state lawmakers are hoping to exploit the nation's anti-incumbent mood with campaigns for Congress that focus heavily on Washington's dysfunction. Two Republican state senators, David Brinkley of Frederick County and Nancy...Tags: Harford County, Crime, Law and Justice, CapitalSource Inc., U.S. Senate, Cancer
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General Assembly's ethics committee takes up Currie case
A General Assembly committee charged with reviewing the behavior of state Sen. Ulysses Currie met briefly Thursday behind closed doors in what was described as an organizational session.
Currie, a Prince George's County Democrat recently acquitted of...Tags: Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, Crime, Law and Justice, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Corporate Crime, Values
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Maryland lawmakers want — finally — to ratify the 17th Amendment
Two Democratic lawmakers in Annapolis want to spur a debate about the influence of money in politics and send a rebuke to tea party leaders by having the General Assembly ratify the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, which required that U.S. senators...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Crime, Law and Justice, Jamin B. Raskin, Politics, Zell Miller
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Senator's office backtracks as Nittany Lions roar
Even in the throes of the worst scandal in the university's history, fans of the Penn State Nittany Lions are capable of rising up in defense of their school's name. Suzanne Collins, chief of staff for state Sen. Nancy Jacobs, got a taste of the power of...Tags: The Pennsylvania State University, Harford County, Jerry Sandusky, Abusive Behavior, Colleges and Universities
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Currie appears before ethics panel
Prince George's County Sen. Ulysses S. Currie attended a closed-door meeting of the legislature's ethics committee Monday, making his first appearance before a panel expected to recommend whether he should be punished for failing to report income on...Tags: Harford County, Montgomery County (Maryland), Jamin B. Raskin, Crime, Law and Justice, Values
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Boehner pleads for unity at GOP retreat in Harbor East
A former plastics salesman, House Speaker John A. Boehner stood before the GOP majority with a pitch: Members must stick together like never before, not only for the sake of their agenda in Congress, but for the larger prize of reclaiming the White...Tags: John Boehner, Harford County, Lee Terry, Republican Party, Executive Branch
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O'Malley to lead push for same-sex marriage next year
Gov. Martin O'Malley pledged Friday to lead the charge next year for a law to recognize same-sex marriage in Maryland, saying he would include the effort among a "handful" of legislative priorities during the 2012 session. Supporters predicted that the...Tags: Sex, Robert J. Garagiola, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority
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Senator's nuanced advocacy on tolls could help drivers
When the Maryland Transportation Authority board met in a work session last week to hammer out the final details of what is expected to be the largest toll increase in the state's history, there were only two people there besides members and staff. One...Tags: Voting, Stevensville, Martin O'Malley, Politics, Management Change
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Census redistricting is a numbers game for Harford
Battle lines are being drawn, it seems, in the fight over where battle lines for state politics will be drawn in Maryland. The U.S. Census Bureau has digested the information it gathered in 2010 and the task of deciding which precincts will be in which...Tags: Republican Party, Maryland, Maryland General Assembly, United States Census Bureau, Democratic Party
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