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Maryland: State workers must marry for partners to receive benefits
Andy Brownfield
Updated: Sun, May 5, 2013
State employees whose domestic partners and children receive health insurance coverage are going to have to get married if they want to keep those benefits after January 2014. The administration of Gov. Martin O'Malley made the decision after same-sex marriage became legal in Maryland in...
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Uphill battle for Maryland death penalty repeal petition drive
Andy Brownfield
Updated: Fri, May 3, 2013
The group trying to reinstate the death penalty in Maryland admits its facing an uphill battle in trying to overturn the state legislature's decision to abolish capital punishment. MDPetitions.com successfully pushed three issues to ballot referendums during the 2012 election -- same-sex...
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Gov. Martin O'Malley signs death penalty repeal, licenses for illegal immigrants
Andy Brownfield
Published: Thu, May 2, 2013
ANNAPOLIS - Criminals in Maryland will no longer face the death penalty, but illegal immigrants can now get driver's licenses after Gov. Martin O'Malley signed into law those measures and a slew of others on Thursday. The governor, who successfully pushed much of his legislative agenda through...
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Fewer red light, speed camera tickets in Montgomery County this year
Andy Brownfield
Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013
Montgomery County is on track to issue fewer tickets from its red light and speed cameras this fiscal year than last year, but still has brought in $13 million from them so far this year. About 291,000 tickets were issued from speed cameras and 25,000 from red light cameras since the start of...
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Panel: Maryland hospitals should absorb sequestration cuts
Andy Brownfield
Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013
The panel that sets hospital rates in Maryland is recommending that the state's hospitals absorb a 2 percent cut to Medicare as part of across-the-board federal spending cuts, a move strongly opposed by the hospitals. The Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission is scheduled to vote...
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley to sign death penalty repeal
Andy Brownfield
Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013
Gov. Martin O'Malley is scheduled to sign a bill repealing Maryland's death penalty this week, which would make the state the 18th to do away with its ultimate punishment, though opponents have already filed paperwork to allow voters to overturn the measure. O'Malley spokeswoman Raquel...
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Maryland, Virginia road plans rely on Congress to avoid higher gas taxes
Andy Brownfield
Updated: Fri, Apr 26, 2013
Correction: This article has been changed to reflect that gasoline prices in Maryland are expected to climb about 4 cents a gallon on July 1 and that the state's wholesale gas tax would rise to 5 percent without Internet sales taxes. Maryland and Virginia are both counting on new taxes on...
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