Flag ruling sparks debate in House committee at Annapolis
In Annapolis the House Constitutional and Administrative Law Panel spent over an hour on a bill requiring the American flag to fly over the State House at all times. Del Bert Booth blasted the measure as a waste of time before the committee favored it with an amendment. Separately, Senate floor time was consumed by debates over a $120 million subway appropriation and a dispute on agency fees for teachers tied to affiliate membership.
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Charles Krysiak
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Baltimore County
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Charles Blumenthal
Prince Georges
Maryland
del. William Amoss
D-Ball. Co
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Memorial Stadium
General Assembly
Orioles
Colts
House of Delegates
Maryland House Advances MAIF Reform and CJIS System
Maryland House tentative approval to bills restructuring the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund and creating a Criminal Justice Information System. Amendments target tax exemption, premium standards, and policyholder credits. votes split along party lines with other funding debates over stadium renovation and a Baltimore convention center bond measure.
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Maryland
House of Delegates
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
Goode questioned in Lyon case linked to Virginia boy murder
Montgomery detectives probe possible link between the Lyon sisters disappearance and the arrest of Arthur Frederick Goode for the murder of an 11 year old Virginia boy near Tyson's Corner. Police say Goode has no known history of molesting girls and doctors describe his condition. investigators see similarities but discount a direct connection.
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Lyon Sisters
Arthur Frederick Goode HS
Virginia
Tyson's Corner
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Lyon Girls
Goode
Thomas Seturf
Fairfax County
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Calvert County scaled tax discount ruled valid
Prince Frederick AP Calvert County Circuit Court Judge Perry Bowen ruled the county law creating a scaled discount on real estate taxes up to 40 percent is valid and constitutional BG&E appeals saying the policy is discriminatory The utility pays 67 percent of Calvert taxes and faces only a five percent discount under the scale for high tax payers About 39 percent pay less than 1000 while seven own more than 10000 The judge has arranged for the appeals board to hear the case by June and county counsel notes no similar ordinance found elsewhere.
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Calvert County
Perry Bowen
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co
Calvert
Bg&e
Bowen
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