State Roundup, February 16, 2012
TEACHER PENSION SHIFT: County leaders and Baltimore City’s mayor came together yesterday in Annapolis to fight the governor’s proposal to shift part of the cost of teacher pensions to local...
View ArticleState Roundup, February 17, 2012
MARRIAGE DEBATE DELAYED: The debate and amending of the same-sex marriage bill, scheduled to take place in the House of Delegates on Thursday evening, was delayed until Friday afternoon, report Megan...
View ArticleState Roundup, February 20, 2012
GAY MARRIAGE FOLLOW-UP: A Maryland Senate committee could vote on same-sex marriage as early as Tuesday, setting the stage for the legislation to get to Gov. Martin O’Malley’s desk by the end of the...
View ArticleState Roundup, February 21, 2012
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE TO SENATE: The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee will vote today on the House version of the same-sex marriage bill, preparing it for passage before the General Assembly deals...
View ArticleState Roundup, February 22, 2012
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE TO THE SENATE: After brief debate, a Senate committee voted just as they did last year to send same-sex marriage legislation to the Senate floor for debate, Megan Poinski reports in...
View ArticleState Roundup, February 23, 2012
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DEBATE: After debate on the bill started on the Senate floor on Wednesday morning, a proposed amendment from Sen. Ed Reilly caused the bill to be delayed for a day, writes Justin Snow...
View ArticleState Roundup, February 24, 2012
SENATE PASSES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: The Senate passed the same-sex marriage bill with a 25-22 vote Thursday night, setting up the bill for a quick signature from Gov. Martin O’Malley and a promised...
View ArticleState Roundup, February 27, 2012
NO CHILD WAIVER: State education leaders expect to apply today for a waiver from some of the most rigid requirements of No Child Left Behind, a federal law widely viewed as flawed because it has...
View ArticleState Roundup, February 28, 2012
GIFTED PROGRAM: A proposed regulation governing gifted education in Maryland has come under criticism from opponents who contend it would identify students for the program too early and limit...
View ArticleState Roundup, February 29, 2012
SCHOOL FUNDING: To force counties to pay their share of the cost of operating K-12 schools, top legislators in Annapolis want the state to seize local tax dollars and deliver them directly to school...
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