Same-sex marriage issue divides committee
Measures that would reaffirm marriage in Maryland as valid only between a man and a woman sharply divided a House committee yesterday. Hours into the 22-member Judiciary Committee's hearing, a...
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The swing voter on a heated issue
State Sen. John A. Giannetti Jr., who has a 25-year-old shotgun at home and a framed portrait behind his desk of himself with President Bill Clinton at the signing of...
2 gay couples want marriages recognized
Four gay Marylanders wed this week in San Francisco say they want their marriages recognized in this state and have been contacted by the American Civil Liberties Union about becoming...
Stem-cell bill opposition surprises sponsor
House Bill 398, which would require Maryland hospitals to offer pregnant mothers the option of donating umbilical tissue from their newborns to medical research, was considered by its sponsor a...
Plans for new plates have MVA seeing red
The Free State is adrift in logo license tags. There are tags that pay homage to streetcars, firefighters, dental hygienists and square dancing. Tags to venerate veterans, poets and duckpin...
Md. lawmakers hear gun-ban testimony
For state lawmakers, gun-control advocates, police commissioners and even candidates stumping for president, when it comes to the issue of banning assault weapons, 1-in-5 is the magic number. Democratic presidential...
Md.-owned slots dens a possibility, Busch says
State-owned slots dens could be part of a broad solution to Maryland's school funding needs, House Speaker Michael E. Busch said yesterday in his most extensive comments to date on...
Governor is undecided on assault rifles
As momentum builds for a statewide assault weapons ban to replace a federal one that is expiring, all eyes are on Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., who voted against the...
Bills target judicial powers
Judges in Maryland, who enjoy uniquely broad authority to cut criminal sentences through a process called "judicial reconsideration," may find that power constrained under legislation before the General Assembly. "I...
Bills aim to widen death penalty
As lawyers begin this week to argue a rare Baltimore death penalty case, legislators in Annapolis are weighing a handful of bills that would broaden the scope of the state's...