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Maryland Senate Presents Police Reform Package; Activists Say It Doesn't Do Enough
Maryland’s legislature is taking a serious look at statewide police reform following this past summer’s calls for social justice.
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Maryland Senate Presents Police Reform Package; Activists Say It Doesn't Do Enough
Maryland’s legislature is taking a serious look at statewide police reform following this past summer’s calls for social justice. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports.
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Maryland Senate OKs Tax Credit for Immigrants
The Maryland Senate has voted to extend a state tax credit for low-income workers to include immigrants, including those in the country illegally, as part of pandemic relief
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Maryland Pays Tribute to Longtime Senate President Miller
Maryland officials are remembering the nation’s longest-serving state Senate president as a powerful politician who influenced policy in the state for nearly half a century
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Former Longtime Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Dies
Thomas V. Mike Miller, a major force in Maryland politics for decades and the nation’s longest-serving state Senate president, has died, his family said. He was 78. A Democrat, he was first elected Maryland Senate president in 1987. He stepped down from the leadership position in 2019 as he battled Stage 4 prostate cancer and resigned from his Senate seat…
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Maryland Senate President Says His Health Is ‘Largely Good'
Maryland’s longtime Senate president has told lawmakers his health is “largely good today” as he updated them on his battle with Stage 4 prostate cancer.
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Maryland Senate Passes $15 Minimum Wage Bill
The Maryland Senate has passed a minimum wage bill that would gradually bring the hourly rate to $15 an hour by 2028.The bill contains caveats for businesses in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, which already had higher minimums than the state’s.
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Maryland Lawmakers: Sports Betting Bill Stalled This Year
A key Maryland lawmaker says measures to allow sports betting in the state are “not going to happen this year.”
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Emotions High as Medical Aid in Dying Bill Passes Md. House
A controversial bill that would allow people with six months to live to end their own lives with medical assistance passed the Maryland House on Thursday after a tough and emotional debate. If it passes the Senate and is ratified, the bill would allow those who have requested the option three times to access life-ending medication. News4’s Chris Gordon...
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Bill Allowing Unspecified Gender on Licenses Passes Maryland Senate
A measure to enable Maryland residents to select an unspecified gender on their driver’s licenses was approved in the state Senate.
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Maryland Family Fights for ‘X' Drivers License Option
A Maryland mother is fighting for a bill that would give people who don’t identify as male or female an “X” option on their driver’s licenses. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
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Maryland Panel to Hold Hearing on Voter Registration Error
A Maryland Senate panel will hold a hearing next month into a Motor Vehicle Administration computer error that has resulted in about 18,761 people not being properly registered to vote in this week’s primary, a state senator said Sunday.
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80K Maryland Voters Improperly Registered, Officials Announce on Eve of Election
About 80,000 Maryland voters were not properly registered to vote in Tuesday’s primary election, officials announced on the eve of Election Day.
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80K Maryland Voters Improperly Registered, Officials Announce on Eve of Election Day
About 80,000 Maryland voters were not properly registered to vote in Tuesday’s primary election, officials announced on the eve of Election Day. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.
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Bill to Criminalize Failure of Educators to Report Suspected Child Abuse Doesn't Pass Maryland House
Maryland legislators ended their 2018 session without passing a high-profile bill to protect against child sex abuse in schools.
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Md. Legislature Doesn't Make Failure of Educators to Report Child Sex Abuse a Crime
The Maryland legislature session ended at midnight last night, and one thing lawmakers did not get done was making it a crime when educators fail to report suspected child abuse. Scott MacFarlane reports.
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Maryland Senate Votes to Put Resource Officers in Every Public School
The Maryland Senate passed a measure to improve school safety Thursday, after making a significant change to accelerate when all public schools would be required to either have a school resource officer or demonstrate plans for adequate law enforcement coverage.
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Md. Senate Votes for Resource Officers in All Schools
The Maryland Senate unanimously voted on Thursday to put school resource officers in all schools. News4’s Justin Finch has the story and tells where in our area there already are officers in schools.
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Annapolis Roundup: Medical Cannabis, Other Bills Advance
Several bills are closer to becoming laws after they advanced in the Maryland House of Delegates Thursday.
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Maryland Senate Votes to End Parental Rights of Rapists
The Maryland Senate has voted to end parental rights of rapists.