11 local bills on table at hearing

Speed cameras, banning panhandling on state roads up for discussion at Nov. 25 meeting Drivers who hot-foot it through Howard County got a one-year reprieve when speed-camera legislation failed in the final days of last spring's General Assembly session, but state Sen. James N. Robey is gearing up for a second try. The measure leads a modest list of 11 local bills that are to be the subject of a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 25 at school board headquarters on Route 108. Five of the measures are bond bills requesting state funds for projects in the county. The rest are mostly unsuccessful proposals from years past. One new idea, sponsored by Del. Warren E. Miller, would eliminate Howard's exemption to state liquor laws requiring that liquor license applicants prove citizenship. Miller characterized the bill as a... [read full story]