April 6, 2022 Maryland Matters Giant bags filled with pine infill for Walt Whitman’s synthetic turf sports field sit along the sidelines as workers repair the field’s drainage system. Photo by Rosanne Skirble. In late March, Diana Conway stopped by …
Continue ReadingApril 5, 2022 Capital News Service BY LOGAN HILL ANNAPOLIS – Feline advocates are celebrating their legislative victory on a bill to outlaw declawing cats and urging Republican Gov. Larry Hogan to sign it. Ginny Boveington, outside her house in Crofton …
Continue ReadingApril 1, 2022 Dear Friend: I always "aim" to vote favorably on legislation that will benefit the residents of Gaithersburg and Rockville. This is because you are very “deer" to me. Whether discussing “bucks" in the budget to provide “doe” …
Continue ReadingMarch 30, 2022 KPVI The Maryland state flag waves in the wind. Alexey Struyskiy / Shutterstock.com (The Center Square) – A pair of bills related to election integrity continued their progression through the Maryland General Assembly during this legislative cycle. …
Continue ReadingMarch 23, 2022 WDVM ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WDVM) — Voters in Maryland will have to wait until July to cast their ballots in this year’s primary election. The debate over district maps is forcing the delay. A congressional redistricting map trial …
Continue ReadingApril 5, 2022 Maryland Matters The door to the Governor’s Reception Room in the Maryland State House. The room is the traditional site of bill signing ceremonies in Annapolis. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) must decide by the end …
Continue ReadingApril 04, 2022 Baltimore Sun Maryland appears set to become the second state to ban declawing of cats, something animal welfare advocates consider a “barbaric” practice. Critics say declawing is already rare, though, and that the measure would infringe on …
Continue ReadingMarch 31, 2022 The Southern Maryland Chronicle (The Center Square) – A pair of bills related to election integrity continued their progression through the Maryland General Assembly during this legislative cycle. The House Ways and Means Committee recently took testimony …
Continue ReadingMarch 25, 2022 Dear Friend: Monday was “Crossover Day,” when bills must have passed one chamber to be guaranteed full consideration. Important bills that passed the Senate include Climate Solutions Now, the Time to Care Act, and bans on ghost guns, toxic PFAS, and Coal Tar chemicals. …
Continue ReadingMarch 23, 2022 Maryland Reporter Following our weekend snow event earlier this month, it is clear that the problem of salt usage on icy or snowy roads has not been solved. Photo by PSC1121-GO with Flikcr Creative Commons License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ …
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