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  • Maryland board approves hospital hikes

    By Andy Brownfield | 06/05/13 08:45 PM

    BALTIMORE -- The panel in charge of setting Maryland hospital rates on Wednesday approved an increase in what medical facilities can charge patients for procedures. The Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission voted without opposition to allow hospitals to increase their rates by 1.65...

  • Attorney General Doug Gansler calls for cap on health insurance exchange rates in Md.

    By Andy Brownfield | 06/04/13 09:10 PM

    Maryland's attorney general on Tuesday called for a cap on how much insurers can charge under the federal health care overhaul. The Maryland Insurance Administration is expected to rule by next month on proposed rates for insurance plans that will be sold on the state-run health exchanges....

  • Maryland gubernatorial candidates announce, more than a year before primary

    By Andy Brownfield | 06/03/13 08:45 PM

    Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown announced his running mate, and a Republican rival announced his candidacy in Maryland's gubernatorial race on Monday -- both more than a year before primary voters will cast their votes. Brown named Howard County Executive Ken Ulman as his prospective lieutenant...

  • No voter appetite for Maryland referenda this year

    By Andy Brownfield | 06/02/13 06:45 PM

    Voters didn't have the appetite to challenge any of the contentious laws passed by the Maryland General Assembly this year, despite the successful push to put three big-ticket laws to referendum on last year's ballot. Groups attempting to challenge Maryland's laws restricting gun ownership,...

  • Maryland boy who made Pop-Tart gun given lifetime NRA membership

    By Andy Brownfield | 05/30/13 05:40 PM

    An Anne Arundel County boy suspended from school for biting a Pop-Tart into the shape of a gun will at least know how to operate it responsibly after he was given a lifetime membership to the National Rifle Association by the Maryland House of Delegates' top Republican. Eight-year-old Josh...

  • The 3-Minute Interview: Brewing bigwig Dave Coleman

    By Andy Brownfield | 05/30/13 03:25 PM

    Coleman is president and co-founder of 3 Stars Brewing Company in the District. How did you get started? I was running the Big Hunt in Dupont Circle. I was general manager and beer director there for a little over a decade, but about five years ago my business partner Mike bought a home...

  • Maryland officials approve moving housing agency to New Carrollton

    By Andy Brownfield | 05/29/13 07:00 PM

    ANNAPOLIS -- The Maryland Board of Public Works signed off on a $58 million plan Wednesday to move a state agency to a leased building in Prince George's County, despite protests that Maryland was wasting money leaving a state-owned building. The board, made up of Gov. Martin O'Malley,...

  • Loophole means some Marylanders with criminal records can keep guns

    By Andy Brownfield | 05/28/13 07:50 PM

    Maryland has two separate databases for gun owners and criminals, but their inability to communicate means law enforcement officials have a hard time figuring out whether a gun-toting criminal should even have a firearm in the first place. The state's criminal database, the Criminal Justice...

  • Maryland's tax burden weighs down economic ranking in new report

    By Andy Brownfield | 05/27/13 04:45 PM

    Maryland's increasing tax burden is weighing down the state's economic outlook, according to an annual ranking of state business climates. The 2013 "Rich States, Poor States" report by the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative policy group, saw Maryland's economic outlook...

  • Carroll County passes resolution opposing gun law, will use discretion in enforcement

    By Andy Brownfield | 05/24/13 06:40 PM

    Carroll County officials have taken a stand against Maryland's tough new gun law, voting to support law enforcement officials who use discretion in choosing when to enforce it. The Board of County Commissioners unanimously passed a Second Amendment Preservation Resolution, stating that it...


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