Category: Politics

May 1, 2008

Baltimore ministers opine on Wright

Filed under: Politics, 2008 Campaign, Religion - 01 May 2008

Baltimore Sun
The Rev. Alvin C. Hathaway Sr. considers the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. to be a tremendous pastor and a brilliant theologian. But sitting in the audience of the National Press Club in Washington this week, Hathaway found …

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 …

April 25, 2008

Release: Maryland GOP Responds To High Gas Prices

Filed under: Politics, 2008 Campaign, MD GOP, press releases - 25 Apr 2008

Maryland Republican Party

James Pelura, DVM, MS
Chairman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 25, 2008

Maryland GOP Responds To High Gas Prices

ANNAPOLIS—Dr. Jim Pelura, Chairman of the Maryland Republican Party, made the following statement today:

“Gas prices are at an all time high and …

April 21, 2008

Maryland Superdelegates

Filed under: Politics, Government, 2008 Campaign - 21 Apr 2008

WBAL.com
Nearly half of Maryland’s 27 Democratic superdelegates remain uncommitted to either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, and many of them have been heavily courted for months by the candidates or surrogate supporters.

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So far, Clinton has nine Maryland superdelegates …

April 8, 2008

More on Jenna Bush to Baltimore

Filed under: Politics, Government, Baltimore, Celebrity News - 08 Apr 2008

Kate Amara of WBAL TV reports on the latest (video is here):
President George W. Bush’s daughter, Jenna, and her fiancé, Henry Hager, are busy planning their wedding, and apparently their plan after that includes Baltimore.

WBAL TV 11 News …

April 5, 2008

Jenna Bush moving to Baltimore?

Filed under: Politics, Government, Baltimore, Celebrity News - 05 Apr 2008

The Reliable Source
In barely more than six weeks, Henry Hager will have a new wife — Jenna Bush, as you may have heard — and a brand-new graduate degree in business. So presumably a new job is on the …

April 2, 2008

Maryland Pork

Filed under: Politics, Government, Congress, Federal Gov't - 02 Apr 2008

Capital News Service
All but one of Maryland’s members of Congress rank in the top half of congressional earmark spenders, with Rep. Steny Hoyer coming in fifth in the House, a consumer watchdog group reported Wednesday.

Citizens Against Government Waste’s new …

March 27, 2008

Wynn to resign before term runs out

Filed under: Politics, 2008 Campaign, Congress - 27 Mar 2008

Rep. Albert Wynn, who was defeated in the Democratic primary by Donna Edwards, is resigning from Congress to take a job in a D.C. law firm. Wynn’s move will probably force a special election, with all the cost …

March 26, 2008

Teacher called Obama “scary” and a Muslim

Filed under: Politics, 2008 Campaign - 26 Mar 2008

Be sure to Digg this post.

WBAL.com
The Delaware Human Relations Commission is investigating an allegation that a teacher in the Indian River School District told her fifth-grade class that she would not vote for presidential candidate Barack Obama because …

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 …

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