2013 MD Legislature

Apr 3 2013 - 5:02am

A campaign by Maryland farmers to forestall the threat of tighter pollution controls intended to speed clean-up of the Chesapeake Bay faces resistance in the House of Delegates. WYPR’s Karen Hosler reports.

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Mar 29 2013 - 6:35am

WYPR's Fraser Smith and Aaron Davis of the Washington Post talk about the ever-shifting movement on Governor O'Malley's gun control legislation.

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Mar 29 2013 - 5:00am

Hidden beneath the crush of gas tax, gun bills and death penalty repeal that the Maryland General Assembly is wrestling with this year are smaller ones that don’t get much notice. And as time grows short, many of them die. WYPR’s Mary Rose Madden explores what happened to one of those bills, The Home Act.

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Mar 28 2013 - 4:50am

With little more than a week to go, Maryland lawmakers are struggling to produce a version of Governor Martin O’Malley’s sweeping gun control legislation that can win enactment before they adjourn. WYPR’s Karen Hosler filed this report.

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Mar 27 2013 - 6:35am

WYPR's Fraser Smith and Karen Hosler talk about the unusual bipartisan support behind two marijuana bills working their way through the General Assembly. 

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Mar 25 2013 - 6:03pm

The House of Delegates voted by a wide, bipartisan margin today to approve the medical use of marijuana in Maryland, marking the most progress the issue has made in that chamber so far. WYPR’s Karen Hosler filed this report.

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Mar 22 2013 - 5:51pm

WYPR News Director Joel McCord talks to Statehouse Reporter, Karen Hosler about current General Assembly events: The House of Delegates narrowly approved a hefty hike in Maryland's gas tax today - the vite was 76-63. And they passed a Baltimore City school construction bill with a vote of 107-30.

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Mar 21 2013 - 5:36pm

Against long odds, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s novel billion dollar plan to replace Baltimore’s decaying schools seems headed for speedy approval in the House of Delegates. WYPR’s Karen Hosler filed this report.

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Mar 20 2013 - 5:06am

Last year’s cantankerous General Assembly has been replaced this session by a cooperative, almost well-oiled legislative machine with top Democratic priorities on target for success. WYPR’s Karen Hosler offers a run-down.

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Mar 15 2013 - 5:13pm

WYPR's Karen Hosler talks to Joel McCord about Maryland's repeal of the death penalty, which is all but certain after a vote today in the House of Delegates.

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