2013 MD Legislature

Mar 1 2013 - 4:06pm

WYPR's News Director Joel McCord talks to State House Bureau Chief Karen Hosler about the status of bills that would tighten gun restrictions and repeal the death penalty. 

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Feb 28 2013 - 6:11pm

After breaking a Republican filibuster, the state Senate voted 28 to 19 today to approve a sweeping new gun control measure backed by Governor Martin O’Malley. Focus of the spirited debate now turns to the House.

 

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Feb 28 2013 - 5:49am

With a final vote scheduled for today, the state Senate has backed the most controversial provisions of Governor Martin O’Malley’s gun control package. But opponents have maintained a stiff resistance. WYPR’s Karen Hosler gives us an update.

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Feb 27 2013 - 6:04pm

During eight hours of debate so far, the State Senate has backed the most controversial provisions of Governor Martin O’Malley’s gun control package.

 

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Feb 27 2013 - 7:35am

WYPR's Fraser Smith and John Wagner of the Washington Post talk about Virginia's new transportation funding plan and how that might encourage Maryland lawmakers to make a deal to fund transit projects.

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Feb 26 2013 - 9:23am

A couple thousand Baltimoreans, many of them children, rode school buses to Annapolis last night to show their support for legislation that would allow the city to borrow against future state aid to pay for a massive infrastructure project… leading to the rebuilding or replacement of many of Baltimore’s schools. WYPR’s Karen Hosler was there for the rally and tells us what happened.

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Feb 22 2013 - 5:51am

The long frustrated drive to repeal Maryland’s death penalty got a major boost last night when it won narrow approval from a state Senate committee that had long been a roadblock. WYPR’s Karen Hosler was there for the voting session and filed this report.

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Feb 21 2013 - 5:58am

Somewhere between a whopping tax increase and a catastrophic failure of Maryland’s transportation system may lie a middle ground that can win General Assembly approval. But WYPR’s Karen Hosler reports a public hearing yesterday on the issue shows why consensus is so elusive.

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Feb 20 2013 - 4:37pm

Gun control crusader Sarah Brady lobbied the General Assembly today on behalf of Governor Martin O’Malley’s proposed bill. WYPR’s Karen Hosler has more.

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Feb 19 2013 - 5:20pm

Without a word of dissent, the House of Delegates gave preliminary approval today to a bill that would spare pit bulls from a Court of Appeals ruling that holds their owners and their landlords automatically responsible for dog bites.  WYPR’s Karen Hosler reports.

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