Md. AG Named President Of National Association
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler has been elected president of the National Association of Attorneys General.
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Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler has been elected president of the National Association of Attorneys General.
The Baltimore City Council has passed the mayor's $2.3 billion budget plan, rejecting millions of dollars in budget cuts that it had endorsed earlier in the week.
Gov. Martin O'Malley strongly criticized House of Delegates leaders for balking at a work group consensus on the issue while the House speaker said his chamber's representatives had strong feelings about lowering the state's tax on casino proceeds.
The mayor's office says a contract for phone and network equipment was competitively bid.
An Army appeals court has denied a request for public access to military court records in the case of an Army private charged with sending classified U.S. government documents to the secret-sharing website WikiLeaks.
The Baltimore City Council votes on a plan to restore some of the funding cuts proposed by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
Former Anne Arundel County Council member Daryl D. Jones, who lost his seat after being convicted of failing to file a tax return, is due to be released from a South Carolina federal prison.
A Prince George's County councilwoman has been given probation before judgment on a reckless driving charge.
Two incumbent at-large members of the Crisfield City Council have won re-election.
Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold's lawyers and prosecutors are squaring off in a preliminary hearing. Leopold is accused of misusing his security detail.
A workgroup has failed to reach a consensus on gambling expansion in Maryland, meaning there will be no special session on the issue, and a sixth casino will not be recommended for Prince George's County this year.
A national taxpayer group urges Maryland voters to oppose any plan to lower tax rates for the state's casino operators.
There's new fallout over a landmark ruling declaring pit bulls dangerous. Emotions ran high as animal lovers expressed their fears to lawmakers that they could lose their beloved pets. For one family, it was extraordinarily personal.
Christopher Geldart was welcomed by the threatof heavy rains and tornadoes on his first day as D.C.'s new homeland security director. But as the worst weather skirted the city, Geldart picked up the phone to offer aid to his counterparts in harder-hit Montgomery County, Md., and turned the storm into an internal drill for his own staff.
A five-cent tax on every bottle of soda will soon be the law of the land in Baltimore. The so-called bottle tax bill is on its way to the mayor for her signature.
