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Assembly considers bill to move primary

May 30, 2019 at 8:44 p.m.

Baltimore's next municipal primary election would shift to March next year and coincide with the presidential contest under legislation introduced in both chambers of the General Assembly. But it appears...

Miller issues prayer guidelines for Senate

June 30, 2019 at 10:41 p.m.

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller issued yesterday a statement of religious "do's and don'ts" for his legislative body's daily opening prayer, after complaints from several lawmakers about invocations often...

O'Malley gives General Assembly wish list of city spending priorities

June 29, 2019 at 10:17 p.m.

Mayor Martin O'Malley released yesterday a list of his priorities for the General Assembly session that includes requests for more than $30 million in public safety and economic development initiatives....

Contenders vie to take job as House speaker

May 30, 2019 at 8:44 p.m.

Even as House Speaker Casper R. Taylor Jr. awaits the final vote count in his tight Western Maryland delegate race, the leading contenders to replace him as the House of...

Gubernatorial campaigns work in sniper issues

August 21, 2019 at 8:54 p.m.

Now that two suspects in the sniper case are in custody, Maryland's gubernatorial candidates have quit tiptoeing around the crisis and are quickly trying to mold it to their respective...

Kids out of sight, parents fret

August 21, 2019 at 8:53 p.m.

The unnerving sign-off to the letter left by the sniper Saturday night outside the Ponderosa steakhouse - "Your children are not safe anywhere at any time" - was enough to...

Ehrlich reaching out to cultivate city's black voters

May 30, 2019 at 8:42 p.m.

Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s campaign found increasing support from African-Americans in Baltimore yesterday after the Republican gubernatorial candidate's decision last week to pick a black political official as his...

Court of Appeals rejects state redistricting map

April 6, 2019 at 2:01 a.m.

Maryland's highest court struck down the state's newly drawn legislative map yesterday, leaving candidates for all 188 General Assembly seats without clear districts in which to campaign for a primary...

Gun control advocates to rally against Ehrlich's firearms stance

May 30, 2019 at 8:42 p.m.

Gun control advocates are hoping to make Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s record on firearms legislation a key issue in the governor's race, beginning with a rally today outside his...

Ehrlich attends campaign event for Democrat

May 30, 2019 at 8:42 p.m.

In a sea of Democrats who gathered last night in celebration and fund raising for one of their own, there appeared an unlikely presence - U.S. Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich...

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