Category: Maryland Government

April 29, 2008

Attorney General’s report on voting irregularities

Filed under: Politics, Maryland Government - 29 Apr 2008

WJZ
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler will release a report Tuesday from a task force that examined voting irregularities in 2006.

Gansler is holding a news conference in Upper Marlboro in the morning and then another one in Baltimore.

The report will …

21 for non-alcoholic beer?

Filed under: Maryland Government, Flickr, Offbeat News - 29 Apr 2008

IMG_8363I was picking up a few things at the local Weis last night on the way home and as I snagged two of the last remaining bottles of …

April 23, 2008

Bus beating attackers suing MTA

Filed under: Maryland Government, Baltimore City, Legal News, transit - 23 Apr 2008

WBAL.com
The attorneys for two of the Baltimore teenagers implicated in the December beating of a passenger aboard a transit bus say they intend to sue the Maryland Transit Administration, the bus driver and the city school system.

The attorneys claim …

April 22, 2008

$95M in new engines for MARC trains

Filed under: Business, Maryland Government, transit, MTA - 22 Apr 2008

Examiner
Wabtec Corp.’s MotivePower subsidiary has received a $95 million order for commuter locomotives from the Maryland Transit Administration, the company announced Monday.

The locomotives, to be used for Maryland’s MARC commuter rail service, will be built in Boise, Idaho. They …

April 5, 2008

Release: Tech Council of Maryland Cheers House Passage of Computer Services Sales Tax Repeal

Tech Council of Maryland News Release
For Immediate Release Contact:
Michelle Ferrone
Tech Council of Maryland
301-514-5509

For Immediate Release Contact:
Nancy Carr
Gilden Integrated
410-971-0668

TECH COUNCIL OF MARYLAND CHEERS HOUSE PASSAGE OF COMPUTER SERVICES SALES TAX REPEAL

ROCKVILLE, Md (April 5, 2008) – The Tech Council of …

March 27, 2008

$170 rebate for BG&E customers in lawsuit settlement

Filed under: Business, Maryland Government, BGE - 27 Mar 2008

WBAL.com
WBAL News has learned that talks between O’Malley Administration officials and Constellation Energy to settle a pair of lawsuits, have led to an out of court settlement.

Governor Martin O’Malley is expected to announce details of the settlement, this afternoon.

Sources …

March 26, 2008

Tech tax alternatives negotiated

Filed under: Politics, Maryland Government, Technology - 26 Mar 2008

WBAL.com
Governor O’Malley met for about 50 minutes tonight with legislative leaders regarding whether to repeal the state’s sales tax on computer services.

The extension of the state’s 6% sales tax is due to take effect in July, though the governor …

March 25, 2008

Regents expected to raise college room and board

Filed under: Higher Ed, Maryland Government - 25 Mar 2008

WBAL.com
Wednesday morning the Committee on Finance of the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents will meet at UMBC and proposed increases in room and board and parking will be presented.

A preliminary decision will be made and then …

Legislative Update, 3/25/08

Filed under: Politics, Government, Maryland Government - 25 Mar 2008

Bill that would give jail time to using your neighbor’s unsecured wi-fi dies in committee

Legislator: Obama minister Rev. Wright “spoke the truth”

A profile of Sen. James Brochin in The Baltimore Sun
With an ironclad grip on power in …

March 24, 2008

Del. Myers proposes jail time for using neighbor’s unsecured wi-fi

Filed under: Politics, Maryland Government, Technology - 24 Mar 2008

Del. LeRoy E. Myers Jr.
Herald-Mail via Digg via ars technica:
Purposely surfing the Internet on someone else’s wireless connection, without permission, would be a crime under a bill Del. LeRoy E. Myers Jr. presented Tuesday.

Myers, …

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