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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