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Pastor questions Busch opposition to slots

March 29, 2019 at 11:44 p.m.

A prominent Baltimore pastor challenged House Speaker Michael E. Busch's opposition to slot machines yesterday, saying gambling could be an industry of last resort that brings jobs and improved housing...

Ill feelings at the top hobble Md. governing

May 30, 2019 at 3:52 p.m.

With a two-day special session of the General Assembly ending in acrimony, the prospects of amicable relations between Maryland's first Republican governor in more than 30 years and a Democrat-controlled...

Del. Joanne S. Parrott, a Harford County Republican, clasps a stethoscope as she prays at the start of the special session. Next to her is Del. Mary-Dulany James, a Harford County Democrat.

Lawmakers, Ehrlich digging in heels over malpractice subsidy

May 30, 2019 at 3:52 p.m.

The opening day of a rare special session of the Maryland General Assembly ended with legislative leaders locked in a showdown with Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. over how to...

Hackerman says secrecy about deal wasn’t his idea

June 7, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

Construction magnate Willard J. Hackerman said yesterday that it was not his idea to keep his identity secret in discussing his plan to buy St. Mary's County preservation land from...

Education center-resort rising quietly at Elk Neck

June 7, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

Trucks rumble through the waterfront state park at the northern tip of the Chesapeake Bay. Machines are digging drainage ponds and trenches for pipes. A 15,000- square-foot dining hall with...

Hackerman’s partner held fund-raiser for governor

June 7, 2019 at 1:20 a.m.

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. collected $100,000 for his re-election campaign at a private fund-raiser held by a business partner of construction company owner Willard J. Hackerman this month, at...

Ehrlich OK’d deal for land

June 7, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. personally endorsed a secret land deal creating a tax break worth almost $7 million for a politically connected builder, a top administration official said yesterday....

Ehrlich skirts law on health

June 7, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

The Ehrlich administration is circumventing a law that freezes health costs and benefits for state employees, meaning 100,000 workers and retirees could soon pay more for doctors' visits, treatments and...

Md. ponders deep health care cuts

June 7, 2019 at 1:20 a.m.

The state health department has drafted a $480 million list of potential program cuts that, if enacted, would deprive thousands of children of free health insurance coverage and shutter four...

Racing executives try to reopen slots issue

March 27, 2019 at 10:46 p.m.

Racing executives and other gambling interests made a last-gasp pitch yesterday for putting a plan to legalize slot machines before voters in November, but lawmakers expressed little interest. The so-called...

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