Martin O'Malley

Md. crab disaster relief could reach $10 million

WASHINGTON Maryland will receive up to $10 million in federal disaster relief for watermen and crab processing plants hurt by this year's decline in the crab harvest, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

More transportation cuts forecast

Legislative analyst warns decline in driving, taxes will reduce state's revenue With the auto industry crippled by the economic downturn, Maryland may need to cut $2.5 billion from the transportation budget for highways,...

Maryland Governor Announces Deamonte Driver Dental Project

Governor Martin O'Malley, joined by Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Secretary John Colmers and members of the Dental Action Committee, today announced that work is underway to acquire a mobile van that will provide...

Group Hopes Parren Mitchell Gets Posthumous Award

BALTIMORE (WJZ) ― A group of prominent Marylanders hope a respected black congressman who died last year will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Suzanne Collins reports on the nomination of former Congressman Parren...

Advocating for school funding

Worried that the Maryland General Assembly may decide to cut education funding because of the economic downturn, education advocates from across the state urged legislators not to balance the budget by reducing the level of...

behind the debate

Listening to 84 witnesses, members of the commission on capital punishment found their eyes opened to aspects of the death penalty that surprised and sobered them. W hen the New Jersey legislature voted late last year to repeal...

Company bringing 25 jobs to Cumberland

CUMBERLAND A company that manages supplies for the aerospace industry says it is opening a warehouse in Cumberland that will create 25 jobs. Patton-air is a division of the British company Umeco PLC. Gov. Martin O'Malley says...

Rosewood Center hands out pink slips

About 300 Rosewood Center workers were given formal layoff notices yesterday as part of a gradual closure of the state-run treatment facility in Owings Mills that Gov. Martin O'Malley has ordered shuttered by June 2009. Some of...

Oyster Restoration Idea Sparks Fear In Watermen

DORCHESTER COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) ― Even with on-going efforts to restore native oysters to the Chesapeake Bay, the state is opening the door to a new approach, large scale aquaculture. Alex DeMetrick reports underwater tracks would...

O'Malley Administration Looks To Overhaul Bay Law

The Governor Martin O'Malley Administration is planning to introduce new legislation that would make it easier for people and businesses to raise shellfish in the Chesapeake Bay. A bill would overhaul the State's law, which...

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