Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Council unanimously supports bill to enact a fracking moratorium in Maryland.
Forty residents came out to Monday’s Greenbelt City Council meeting to show their support for a proposed state bill to enact a moratorium on fracking in Maryland and asked the council to send a letter in support to the legislature. There are two fracking bills before the Maryland legislature—one to ban fracking in Maryland and another to enact a moratorium until further studies can be completed. Hearings on both bills are scheduled before the Senate Education Health And Environment Committee Tuesday at 1 p.m. and before the House Environmental Committee March 8 at 1 p.m. Lore Rosenthal of Greenbelt said this group of citizens were asking the council to support a moratorium rather than a ban because a ban was “ a little too severe.” “We …
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Prince George's County State's Attorney Angela Alsobrooks spoke at the hearing in support of the bill.
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Wednesday, February 13
By Amber Larkins, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS – The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday heard a bill that would increase the penalties for committing a violent crime within sight or earshot of a child aged 2 to 16. Those found guilty could receive an enhanced penalty of imprisonment for up to five years, in addition to any sentences given for the violent crime itself. Angela Alsobrooks, the Prince George's County State's Attorney, played clips of children calling 911 at the hearing. “My dad - I saw blood on his jacket. I thought he was killing my mom with a knife,” said one little boy. Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, D-Montgomery, who is sponsoring the bill, proposed two amendments: One, that the age of a child be raised to under 18, and…
Friday, January 25, 2013
Local grocery store manager and an economics professor weigh in on topic.
As reported by Germantown Patch on Tuesday, a Maryland lawmaker is introducing legislation seeking to raise the state's minimum wage from its current rate of $7.25 per hour to $10.00 per hour by 2015. When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare, was passed by Congress, a number of business leaders, including Papa John's CEO John Schnatter expressed concerns over the negative financial effect the law would have on business. Curt Grimm, professor at Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland College Park, said that he expects there to be a "big outcry from the business community—they have to protect their own interests" but is not sure it will rise to the level of resistance to Obamacare. …
Friday, December 28, 2012
Sandwich would join litany of official "state" items.
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Friday, December 28, 2012
The black-eyed Susan. The Baltimore Oriole. The striped bass. The white oak. The calico cat. Jousting. Lacrosse. Astrodon johnstoni. What do these things all have in common? They have all been designated as the official Maryland state something-or-other (flower, bird, fish, tree, cat, sport, team sport and dinosaur respectively.) So why not a state sandwich? If Senator Richard F. Colburn (R-Dorchester) has his way, there will be one - the soft-shell crab sandwich. It has been four years since Maryland last designated something as the "official state" something - walking, as the state exercise in 2008, according to a recent Washington Post story. Senator Colburn believes that promoting "a Maryland delicacy can boost the state's …
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Activists and Maryland legislators gathered outside the state capitol Thursday to promote a constitutional amendment that would reverse Citizens United.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
By Dave Nyczepir Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS – Maryland legislators gathered with activists outside the state capitol Thursday to promote an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would end the multi-million dollar flood of corporate money bolstering political campaigns. In its controversial Citizens United decision in 2010, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of granting corporations the ability to spend unlimited amounts from their treasury funds to promote political candidates. Led by Sen. Jamie Raskin, D-Montgomery, General Assembly members were encouraged to add their signatures to a letter calling for the amendment, meant for the U.S. Congress. The Lawyer’s Mall rally drew about 100 people. “We don’t want corporations to govern…
Friday, December 16, 2011
Maryland lawmakers grapple with the pros and cons of offshore wind farms.
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Friday, December 16, 2011
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers are preparing to resume debate on one of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s major green initiatives, an offshore wind energy bill that stalled during the last legislative session amid concerns about the cost to utility companies and their customers. The bill would have subsidized the construction of between 80 and 200 wind turbines 12 miles off the coast of Ocean City by obligating the state’s four investor-owned utilities — Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Allegheny Power, Delmarva Power and Pepco — to buy offshore wind energy for 25 years. As a potential alternative, Maryland officials have studied the approach adopted in New Jersey, which will meet its renewable energy mandate through “offshore wind renewable energy …
Randy Crenwelge
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