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New Louisiana Law Will Jail Journos for Publishing Gun Info

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By Gavin Aronsen - May. 23 (News Report) - On Tuesday, the Louisiana Senate passed a bill that would imprison and fine journalists who intentionally publish information about the state's concealed-carry handgun permit holders. Reporters who violate the law would face penalties of up to $10,000, six months in jail, or both; public safety officials and police officers who leak permit information to the press would face penalties of up to $500, six months in jail, or both. J

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Patent filing claims solar energy 'Breakthrough'

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Greg Gordon - May. 10 (News Report) - WASHINGTON — In a U.S. patent application, a little-known Maryland inventor claims a stunning solar energy breakthrough that promises to end the planet’s reliance on fossil fuels at a fraction of the current cost – a transformation that also could blunt global warming.

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A red state/blue state chasm

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Fred Hiatt - Apr. 22 (Opinion) - In the week since modest gun control died in the Senate , those of us who don’t think guns make the country safer have been inclined to blame a few cowardly senators whose votes could have shifted the outcome. ...

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Op-Ed Contributor: Save Wounded Knee

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By JOSEPH BRINGS PLENTY - Apr. 12 (Opinion) - THE Lakota Sioux word “takini” means “to die and come back” but is usually translated more simply as “survivor.” It is a sacred word long associated with the killing of scores of unarmed Lakota men, women and children by soldiers of the United States Arm

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Merrill Matthews: About Those Tax Breaks for Big Oil . . .

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - Apr. 03 (Opinion) - The attack line about 'special' deals for the industry doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

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Obama’s 2012 State of the Union proposals: what flopped and what succeeded

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Glenn Kessler - Feb. 12 (Fact Check) - Every president announces a slew of initiatives in his State of the Union address. Here, in order of delivery, is a summary of the key proposals, pledges or priorities announced by President Obama a year ago — and what happened to them. Read full article >>

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How Global Warming Might Have Made Hurricane Sandy Worse

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jessica Leader - Nov. 01 (News Analysis) - From Climate Central's Andrew Freedman: As officials begin the arduous task of pumping corrosive seawater out of New York City’s subway system and try to...

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Punter Chris Kluwe’s Voice Is Heard in Same-Sex Marriage Debate

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:23:00 -0700

New York Times - By By TONY GERVINO - Oct. 19 - Stephen Maturen for The New York Times Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe practicing music with his band. MINNEAPOLIS — It was a Saturday night in early October and the temperature was below freezing. A half-hour before team curfew, Chris Kluwe, the Mi

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Gay Marriage To Be Voted On In Four States

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:15:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Oct. 09 - By Edith Honan NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - When Nathan Meyer calls voters who are undecided about same-sex marriage, he talks about his parents' marriage and how he sees it as a model for what he hopes to have -- before he mentions that he and his boyfri

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Pets Share Owners' Diseases

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - Sep. 25 - When Janet Riordan returned home from a European vacation in January, she expected a storm of tail wagging and barking from her 7-year-old golden retriever, Reggie. The moment she saw him, she knew something was wrong. ...

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The Most Powerful Special Interest in Washington: The Acronym

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Micah Cohen - May. 20 (Opinion) - A linguistic plague is creeping through the nation's capital - the "bacronym," where a PAC or bill name is chosen so that the initial letters of each word form a desired word.

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Gay marriage wave shows major shift

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Rachel Weiner - Feb. 14 (News Report) - In California, a federal appeals court struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, declaring it unconstitutional. In New Jersey, the state Senate passed a bill to legalize gay marriage, two years after a similar measure went down in defeat. And on Monday Washington became the seventh state to legalize gay marriage when Gov. Chris Gregoire (D) signed it into law. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) is pushing for gay marriage legislation, but he’s short a few votes and says the bill needs more Republican support.

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LGBT Rights Advocates Gather In Baltimore

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:34:00 -0800

WBAL-TV - Jan. 26 - BALTIMORE -- Thousands began to gather in Baltimore on Wednesday for the 24th annual Conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality, which is considered one of the biggest gatherings in the nation for LGBT rights advocates. Several key pol

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Capitalism vs. the Climate

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:41:00 -0800

The Nation - By Naomi Klein, The Nation - Nov. 09 - There is a question from a gentleman in the fourth row. He introduces himself as Richard Rothschild. He tells the crowd that he ran for county commissioner in Maryland’s Carroll County because he had come to the conclusion that policies to combat global

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O'Malley releases redistricting map

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Oct. 16 (News Report) - Gov. Martin O'Malley unveiled his congressional redistricting map Saturday, avoiding significant changes to an advisory panel plan that maintains two black-majority districts and targets a veteran Republican House member The O'Malley administration made the map available on the Maryland Department of Planning's website. O'Malley will formally submit the map to the Legislature on Monday for a special session.

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Republicans stop at green

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:01:00 -0700

Sydney Morning Herald - Sep. 17 - Most Tea Party supporters doubt global warming is real. Photo: Getty Images DAN Snyder is a Republican. But he's not a politician. He owns a football team, the Washington Redskins, and has pledged to fit solar panels on top of the team's Maryland stadium

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Firefighters rescue people stranded by storm

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Peter Hermann - Sep. 09 (News Report) - While everyone was trying to stay dry on Thursday, I spent the day trying to get wet. I headed down to Severna Park, to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department's Jones station, Company 23, headquarters of the special operations command

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8-16-11: Rural Life, Post-Post Office « Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Sheilah Kast, Lawrence Lanahan - Aug. 16 (News Analysis) - The USPS is considering closing 42 Maryland post offices, many of them rural. We speak with a resident of Still Pond in Kent County, which has been without a post office since a fire last September.

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Tech Talk

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Nathan Sterner - Aug. 09 (News Analysis) - Mike Subelsky on starting tech startups.

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To Be a Thirsty Tomato

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Sheilah Kast, Stephanie Hughes - Aug. 02 (News Analysis) - How the extreme heat and dryness is affecting the region's farmers.

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Why do we kill?

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Investigative Voice - By Alan Z. Forman - Jul. 29 (Opinion) - he excessively high murder rate in Baltimore will not decrease significantly until “the borders of the city are opened up to the state,” a forum filmed and aired live online by C-SPAN was told Thursday evening by the publisher of Investigative Voice and a retired chief homicide detective who addressed an overflow gathering at the independent bookstore Atomic Books in Hampden.

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The Ultimate Punishment

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Urbanite - By Michael Corbin - Jul. 28 (Special Report) - While capital punishment has been upheld in the courts and has high levels of support among the public, the death penalty is on the decline nationwide. Yet in Maryland, as in all death penalty states, major variations exist at the local level.

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Under pressure, Harris changes clean water bill

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By John Fritze - Jul. 27 (News) - Legislation proposed by Rep. Andy Harris that would direct federal money to study oxygen-starved "dead zones" in the Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Mexico is facing criticism from some environmentalists who are concerned that the measure would prioritize research over action.

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City set to approve cost overruns for water and downtown street projects

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Mark Reutter - Jul. 27 (News) - The crisp road surface and crosswalks on the 100 block of W. Lexington Street are nice, but the work cost 32% above the original bid price. For the second time in a month, the city water bureau is asking the Baltimore Board of Estimates to approve a water repair contract whose cost has ballooned many times over its original competitive bid.

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Federal debt crisis threatens state bond ratings

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Maryland Reporter - By Len Lazarick - Jul. 27 (News) - The federal debt crisis continues to threaten Maryland’s prized AAA bond rating, and “the state is likely to lose in almost any scenario,” Warren Deschenaux, the legislature’s chief fiscal analyst, told lawmakers Tuesday. If the federal debt cap is not increased, “I don’t see much in the way of a happy ending for the state,” Deschenaux told the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee.

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