WYPR Headlines

We look at how the sequestration spending cuts are affecting Maryland's largest employer, Fort Meade... and at the furloughs for air traffic controllers that are kicking in this week. A report on the potential leadership battle brewing for Republicans in the House of Delegates. Plus: the latest on challenges to MD's new gun control legislation, proposals for Baltimore's budget, and a look at how a US Senate bill requiring state sales taxes for internet buys could impact MD's gas taxes in the year to come.

Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown says he'll make a "very special announcement" next month; likely, that he's running for Governor in 2014. US Senator Ben Cardin praises his colleagues for moving a gun control bill to the Senate floor. A Montgomery County lawmaker calls on Governor Martin O'Malley to call a special session of the General Assembly to deal with dog bite liability. Plus: a look at how the GOP fared in the just finished General Assembly session, the state's Public Service Commission overturns its own ruling on flat taxi fares from the Port of Baltimore, MD's Congressional delegations calls for the FBI's new HQ to be located in Prince George's County, and the ACLU challenges an Ocean City noise ordinance.

More than 150 of the bills passed by the General Assembly this year have been signed into law by Governor Martin O'Malley, including a bill designed to foster an offshore wind industry and other bills the Governor says are aimed at job creation. O'Malley has not yet signed into law a package of gun legislation, but that measure is likely to face challenges in court and at the ballot box. Hundreds of Marylanders will be in DC today, to rally for immigration reform legislation. Plus: the Navy's Blue Angels are grounded due to sequestration, table games are coming to Maryland's largest casino tonight, and Governor O'Malley is headed to Denmark.

On this final day of the 2013 General Assembly session, lawmakers will vote on issues including medical marijuana, speed cameras, the use of hand-held cell phones while driving, dog bite liability, campaign finance reform, stormwater fees, and more. The legislature has already approved legislation permitting undocumented immigrants get second-class drivers licenses and granting the Prince George's County Executive increased control of the county's school system. More on those stories, plus a look back at other bills passed this session, a look at the FAA's decision to delay the sequestration-related closing of 5 Maryland air traffic control towers, and more.