By Marc Korman. In Part One we talked about Maryland’s participation in the National Popular Vote effort. But Maryland is also heavily involved with another effort to legislate around the…
General Assembly Bans Facebook
Judd Legum has the story. Come on, Saqib! As the reigning King of Facebook, now is the time for you to defend your realm!
Last year, the General Assembly unanimously passed a bill that created a searchable online database of vendor payments by state agencies exceeding $25,000. Montgomery County Council Members Phil Andrews and…
By Marc Korman. Maryland is at the forefront of two pieces of legislation, one state and one federal, which creatively use statutes to deal with issues that are arguably constitutional….
It is ironic that the final thoughts of Don Praisner included a recommendation to appoint his successor. That goes against one of the greatest achievements of his predecessor, the great…
The classic criticism of Democrats is that they are too nice to take on the Republicans. But no one ever said that about departing state Democratic Press Secretary David Paulson.If…
The majority of our informants thought we got it mostly right on our post about Senate President Mike Miller’s effort to force the counties to eat teacher pensions. But one…
For the first time in its history, Maryland Politics Watch has been the most-visited state political blog in Maryland over a four-month period.From October 2008 through January 2009, here are…
Who Will Call the Question on WSSC?
It has been more than a month since the life-threatening water pipe break on River Road. And while Montgomery County Council Members have begun to raise questions, a solution to…