Category: Maryland Government

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Maryland State Police say a flight paramedic was killed while on vacation with his family in North Carolina.

Police say 39-year-old First Sgt. Tobin Triebel was jogging Friday morning when he was hit by a tree trimming truck in Hillsborough, …

Not that he was going to be offered one but…

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Governor O’Malley says he is not going to accept a Cabinet post in the new Barack Obama administration soon to take power in Washington.

The Examiner-Baltimore edition reports that O’Malley …

Laura Vozzella
Maryland political gossips have it that instead of trying to reclaim the governorship, Bob Ehrlich is mulling a run for state comptroller. That would be a step down for Ehrlich, but those Board of Public Works meetings sure …

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Maryland’s attorney general is currently investigating phone calls after constituents in the state’s 2nd Congressional District received recorded calls telling them the federal government was monitoring their phone line.

“We are sorry to inform you that this line is …

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With a big voter turnout expected on Tuesday, BGE says it has been working with election officials across the state to deal with power outages that could occur at polling places.

“Maintaining service reliability during the Presidential election is one …

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State budget cuts will mean layoffs this week for 40 Maryland state employees.

The filled jobs are among more than 800 mostly vacant positions eliminated because of this year’s budget shortfall.

Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration says the layoffs Wednesday will include …

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Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith is urging Maryland voters to adopt a slots referendum next week, saying the measure will allow local governments to “indirectly” reduce taxes.

Smith, who heads the Maryland Association of Counties, said citizens have no choice …

Don’t forget, today is the last day to apply by mail for absentee ballots. Your application must be postmarked no later than today.

More details here.

This poll blogged about at Maryland Moment last week was a precursor to this weekend’s announcement that Robert Ehrlich was leaning toward not running for governor again:
But a Washington Post poll released today shows O’Malley enjoying a comfortable lead …

Marc Fisher discusses the proposal for early voting in Maryland that’s on the ballot next Tuesday.