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State Roundup, April 11, 2016

State Roundup, April 11, 2016

Apr 11, 2016 | 9:22am
State Roundup, April 11, 2016   UNRESOLVED: Several critical issues, including income tax cuts and an overhaul of Maryland’s criminal justice system, remain unresolved as the General Assembly enters the marathon finale today to its annual 90-day session, reports Michael Dresser and Erin Cox of the Sun. Also hanging in the balance are broad changes […]
911 Calls Released From Baltimore County School Bus Crash

911 Calls Released From Baltimore County School Bus Crash

Apr 8, 2016 | 3:55pm
PARKTON, Md. (WBFF) — Baltimore County Police have released two of the 911 calls from the April 6 school bus crash in Parkton. Investigators say “at least” 43 students and one driver were on the bus at the time of the crash. Nine students were transported to hospitals with minor injuries and the driver, 65-year-old […]
Larry Hogan Really Wants Redistricting Reform. He Wrote to Obama About It

Larry Hogan Really Wants Redistricting Reform. He Wrote to Obama About It

Apr 8, 2016 | 3:46pm
By Josh Hicks April 6 Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is pulling out all the stops — including asking for President Obama’s help — in pressing Maryland’s Democratic-controlled legislature to vote on his plan for redistricting reform before lawmakers adjourn for the year on Monday. It is almost certainly not going to happen. Hogan has proposed […]
Trump Has 10 Point Lead in MD Primary: Cruz in Third

Trump Has 10 Point Lead in MD Primary: Cruz in Third

Apr 8, 2016 | 3:01pm
Maryland Republican Presidential Primary RCP Average 3/4 – 4/3 — — 37.5 24.5 23.5 Trump +13.0 Wash Post/Univ. of Maryland 3/30 – 4/3 283 LV 7.5 41 31 22 Trump +10 Baltimore Sun/Univ. of Baltimore 3/4 – 3/8 400 LV 4.9 34 18 25 Trump +9   CLICK HERE TO SEE THE MD POLLS AT […]
Dixon, Pugh Fighting To Finish Line To Be Baltimore’s Next Mayor

Dixon, Pugh Fighting To Finish Line To Be Baltimore’s Next Mayor

Apr 7, 2016 | 11:12pm
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s a tight race between two women for the Democratic nomination to be Baltimore’s next mayor. A new poll by The Baltimore Sun and the University of Baltimore shows Maryland Senator Catherine Pugh and former mayor Sheila Dixon fighting for the top spot. Political reporter Pat Warren talks to the top two […]
House Votes to Override Two Hogan Vetoes

House Votes to Override Two Hogan Vetoes

Apr 7, 2016 | 11:06pm
The Maryland House of Delegates voted along party lines Thursday to override both of Gov. Larry Hogan’s vetoes this session, a move that reflects the sometimes tense relations between the Republican governor and the Democrat-controlled General Assembly. Last week, Hogan vetoed a Democratic plan that would score transportation projects in order to  decide which to […]
Clinton To Campaign In Maryland As Primary Nears

Clinton To Campaign In Maryland As Primary Nears

Apr 7, 2016 | 3:19pm
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will campaign this weekend in Baltimore as Maryland’s primary approaches. Her campaign website lists her Sunday appearance at a “grassroots organizing event” as starting at 3:15 p.m. at City Garage. That’s a former bus depot being converted to an innovation space in the Spring Garden Industrial Area […]
Board of Public Works Approves $5.6 Billion Purple Line Agreement

Board of Public Works Approves $5.6 Billion Purple Line Agreement

Apr 6, 2016 | 11:27pm
The Maryland Board of Public Works voted 3-0 on Wednesday to approve a $5.6 billion public-private partnership agreement for the Purple Line, a 16.2-mile, east-west light rail transit system with 21 stations between Bethesda and New Carrollton READ THE REST OF THE STORY HERE