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May 16 2012 - 5:13am
The House of Delegates gave preliminary approval last night to the same budget package the Senate approved earlier in the day and pit bull owners rallied outside the State House to support bills to overturn a recent Court of Appeals finding that their dogs are “inherently dangerous.” WYPR’s Joel McCord is in Annapolis reporting on the special session, and brings us the latest.
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May 15 2012 - 5:30pm
The Maryland Senate passed Governor Martin O’Malley’s budget and tax package earlier today and sent it on to the House of Delegates. WYPR’s Joel McCord reports.
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May 15 2012 - 5:33am
Maryland law makers heard it from both sides yesterday in the first day of their special session to address budget issues left unresolved at the end of their regular session in April. At the heart of the fight is a proposal to increase some income tax rates. WYPR’s Joel McCord reports.
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May 15 2012 - 5:25am
Cyrus Jones Jr., a senior at the Gilman School, will play football for the defending National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide next year. His father, Cyrus Jones Sr., has won three recent state championships as the head coach of East Baltimore’s legendary Dunbar High School basketball program. WYPR’s Ali Danois was recently on Gilman’s campus, talking with the accomplished father, a counselor with the state’s division of juvenile services, and decorated son about the choice to attend private school and their thoughts about what lies ahead.
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May 14 2012 - 9:04pm
Lawmakers were greeted with tax protestors today as they returned to Annapolis for a special session to resolve budget issues left hanging when they adjourned their regular session last month. WYPR’s Joel McCord reports.
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May 14 2012 - 5:05am
Maryland’s General Assembly returns to Annapolis today for a special session to address budget issues left unresolved when it adjourned a little more than a month ago. And that means raising taxes on some residents. WYPR’s Joel McCord reports.
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May 14 2012 - 5:02am
The Preakness is shining its annual spotlight on Maryland horseracing, and it’s finding good news and bad on the backstretch. Purse money from gambling is starting to roll in big time. But, the racing industry is roiled in a national controversy over the use of drugs. Are they kind - or a cruel way to cash in? WYPR’s Karen Hosler reports.
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May 10 2012 - 4:55am
Governor Martin O’Malley and legislative leaders have outlined their plans for next week’s special session of the General Assembly to address unresolved budget issues. And they promised: no gambling bills or anything other than budget and taxes. WYPR’s Joel McCord reports.
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May 9 2012 - 5:02am
Baltimore city school officials are putting together a committee to come up with a plan for a replacement school for Southside Academy in Baltimore’s Cherry Hill community. School officials, Cherry Hill residents and political leaders are expected to serve on the committee. Southside is set to close in 2013 and as WYPR’s Gwendolyn Glenn reports, Cherry Hill residents want a voice on the committee to make sure a new school meets the community’s needs.
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May 8 2012 - 5:00pm
The superintendents of three of Maryland’s largest school districts sent a letter to state legislators, asking them to restore funding to public education in next week’s special session of the General Assembly. In the letter, Baltimore city school’s CEO Dr. Andres Alonso and the superintendents of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, said the proposed “doomsday” budget cuts to education would devastate their schools. WYPR’s Gwendolyn Glenn reports.
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