Senate Action: Four Mayor Bills Killed Or Altered
ANNAPOLIS AP The Maryland Senate moved to clamp down on labor and drug pricing as it approved a consumer bill while killing or altering four mayor bills. The wage repeal failed 22-18, with a 21-21 tie on an attempt to overturn. An anti farm boycott measure lost 27-16 and the handgun law language was sent back to committee. The drug price advertising bill won preliminary approval with a newspaper advertising ban added.
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Annapolis
Maryland Senate
Senate
Maryland
Organized Labor
George E. Snyder
D-Washington
Department of Labor and Industry
Robert E. Bauman
Rupper Shore
Newton I. Steers
R-Montgomery
Paul J. Bailey
Southern Md
Nathan Graz
Maryland Pharmaceutical Association
Steers
Bill Favored Strip Autonomy From Md U
Annapolis AP report: Maryland House Appropriations Committee expected to back a subcommittee amended bill stripping the University of Maryland of fiscal autonomy. The measure creates a statutory faculty tenure system and places nonprofessional staff under the State merit system, removing the university’s current independent tenure and hiring powers.
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Annapolis
University of Maryland
House Appropriations Committee
Thomas Lowe
Lowe
General Assembly
College Park
House
Two Infants Burnt In Baltimore Fire
Two infants, 3 month old Nicole Tillett and 16 month old Dendi Odom, remained in critical condition after a two alarm blaze damaged the upper floors of a west Baltimore house. Passers-by rescued them before firefighters arrived. three adults and another child escaped serious injury. Officials suspect faulty wiring as the fire cause.
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Baltimore
West Baltimore
Nicole Tillett
Dendi Odom
Bay Water Flow Surpasses Normal Levels in February
Federal data show Chesapeake Bay inflow well above seasonal norms in February with tributaries averaging 96 billion gallons daily, about 40 percent above the 66 billion gallon normal. The Susquehanna contributed about 41 billion gallons daily, while the James and Potomac were other major inflows.
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Washington
Chesapeake Bay
U.S. Geological Survey
Bay
Susquehanna
James River
Potomac Rivers
Eshelman Named to Lead Maryland Medicaid Program
James Eshelman was appointed by Health Secretary Neil Solomon to head Maryland's $150 million Medicaid program. Solomon cited Eshelman's performance as acting Medicaid director and announced the appointment on Wednesday.
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Baltimore
James Eshelman
Neil Solomon
Maryland
Solomon
Eshelman
RR Bridge Repair Begins on Penn Central Span
Whiting Turner Contracting of Baltimore to start major repairs on the Penn Central railroad bridge at Summit Delaware. The $1 325000 contract targets three phase work with partial rail restoration in 60 days, canal traffic restoration in 105 days, and full repair in 225 days under Army Corps oversight after a February 2 collision closed the landing.
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Philadelphia
Whiting-Turner Contracting Co
Baltimore
Penn Central
Summit
Del
Army Corps of Engineers
Delmarva Peninsula
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Corps of Engineers
Peninsula
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Maryland Rent Hikes Prompt 5% Cap Proposals
In Annapolis the House Judiciary Committee heard two rent control bills amid protests from elderly tenants facing up to 40 percent increases since Phase Two ended. Del. Maclyn McCarty proposed a 5 percent cap and a state rent administration. Del. Charles A. Docter urged a 5 percent limit beginning July 1 pegged to January rents. Opponents warned tight caps could deter developers as high costs and rising taxes press rents.
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Annapolis
Maryland
House Judiciary Committee
del. Maclyn McCarty
D-Balto
McCarty
Baltimore City
Charles A. Docter
Montgomery
Docter
Washington
Mary
James Doyle
Apartment Owners and Builders Council
Doyle
Nixon
Baltimore
del. Joseph R. Raymond
Maryland Pretrial Release Under Review By State Judiciary
The Maryland Court of Appeals chief judge announced a National Council on Crime and Delinquency study of pretrial release in the District Court system. Police and judges criticized personal recognizance releases as enabling further crimes, while officials plan guidelines and pretrial investigators to aid district court decisions.
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Annapolis
Maryland
National Council On Crime and Delinquency
Robert C. Murphy
Maryland Court of Appeals
Murphy
William J. O'Donnell
Baltimore Supreme Bench
State Judicial Conference
O'Donnell
Baltimore City
Study Probes Maryland Pretrial Release Plan
Del. Charles J. Krysiak says Maryland prisons are a system of frustration and largely dismal, calling for decentralized community based correctional facilities. The Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee report urges replacing current institutions and argues traditional procedures fuel violence and repeat offenses.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Del
Charles J. Krysiak
D-Balto
House of Corrections
Jessup
Krysiak
Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee
Sheraton Inn Cleared For Beach Front Location
Ocean City AP The new 15 story Sheraton Inn worth 3.7 million dollars shows in an engineering survey to be built within state guidelines for beach front construction. Partners include Attorney General Francis B. Burch whose office has faced criticism after halting three other beach front projects.
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Ocean City
Atlantic Contal
Francis B. Burch
Burches
Burch
Murdy Appointed Jail Liaison In Baltimore
Ralph Murdy, former head of Baltimore’s Coordinating Council on Criminal Justice, is named jail coordinator to link the mayor’s office with the troubled jail. His assignment lasts until a new warden is hired. He will supervise riot procedures, security gear, and training after a weekend disturbance involving 150 juvenile inmates.
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Baltimore
Ralph Murdy
Coordinating Council On Criminal Justice
William D. Schaeffer
Murdy
Hiram Schoonfield
Schoonfield
Civil Service Commission
Schaeffer
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