Martin O'Malley

Execution foes take heart

Anti-death penalty stance of Maryland panel turns focus to single vote in Senate committee Armed with a recommendation from a state commission to abolish Maryland's death penalty, opponents who have long sought to end the...

Mobile dentist's office to serve poor children

Nearly two years ago, a Prince George's County boy died when an untreated tooth infection spread to his brain. Yesterday, state officials announced the creation of the Deamonte Driver Dental Project, named for the 12-year-old...

SUN EXCLUSIVE Dixon to slash budget by 10%

City cuts may total $200 million; likely service reductions Mayor Sheila Dixon plans to announce today steep, across-the-board spending cuts - potentially hundreds of millions of dollars - as Baltimore confronts a worsening...

Dixon to slash budget by 10%

City cuts may total $200 million; likely service reductions Mayor Sheila Dixon plans to announce today steep, across-the-board spending cuts - potentially hundreds of millions of dollars - as Baltimore confronts a worsening...

On the dock of the bay

Our view: Given the blue crab's plight, a license (and fee) to crab is not too much to ask With the harvest of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs at a record low and the hardships facing watermen, it hardly seems unreasonable to require...

State tax collections plunge 9% in October

Maryland tax collections plunged nearly 9 percent last month, compared with the comparable period a year ago as the economic downturn hits state finances. "There is little if any positive news that can be found in October...

MD Governor Calls Death Penalty "Ineffective"

Maryland's Governor says the death penalty is "ineffective." Governor Martin O'Malley made the statement just one day after a Committee said it will recommend abolishing capital punishment in the State to lawmakers next month....

Delay to Be Sought In Charles Court Pick

List of Nominees Lacks Diversity, Sen. Middleton Says Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, November 13, 2008; Page SM01 State Sen. Thomas M. Middleton plans to request that the governor delay appointing a judge to the Charles...

Viewpoint: Pushing to leave no child inside

It's a glowing spring morning, April 22, 2008. Observing them, clearly impressed, are adults of some influence, Democrats and Republicans alike: Gov. Martin O'Malley; state schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick; Dr. Robert...

USA: Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment votes for abolition

On 12 November 2008, by a vote of 13 to 7, the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment voted to recommend abolition of the state's death penalty. The Commission's final report on its findings and recommendations is due to go...