James Brochin

Ads to promote new gun control law

2013-05-15 17:22:00

Advertisements praising Maryland's new gun control law will appear on Baltimore-area televisions soon after the measure is signed Thursday — the first volley in a two-pronged effort to defend the legislation and the politicians who voted for it....

City suspends speed camera tickets amid new mistakes

2013-04-17 07:28:00

Baltimore officials announced Tuesday that they have suspended the city's troubled speed camera program amid fresh reports of erroneous tickets, this time involving a new multimillion-dollar camera network. The Baltimore Sun found that a recently...

General Assembly session ends in flurry of votes

2013-04-09 00:00:00

Police could pull you over for talking on a hand-held phone while driving. Some patients could legally use marijuana. And veterans would get a new assist in getting jobs under legislation approved by the Maryland General Assembly on its final day. As...

Senate panel approves death penalty repeal, altered gun bill

2013-02-21 21:21:00

The General Assembly took an important step toward repealing Maryland's death penalty Thursday night when a key committee, for the first time in decades, approved a bill to end capital punishment. The Senate Judicial Proceedings committee voted 6-5 to...

Local governments, police resist speed camera changes

2013-02-20 18:29:00

Local governments and police on Wednesday attacked a sweeping proposal to change Maryland's speed camera law. During the first hearing on whether to revamp a law that has been lucrative for local governments but also has sparked concerns about fairness,...

Harford County legislator kills speed camera bill

2013-02-19 17:45:00

A Harford County member of the Maryland General Assembly has withdrawn a bill she sponsored to revise the state's speed camera laws, part of a wider legislative effort to either make significant reforms to the controversial speed camera program, or kill...

Senate votes to ban drunken sailing

2013-02-08 09:07:00

The Maryland Senate gave its answer to the old question of "what do you with a drunken sailor" by voting to bring�people who operate sailboats while intoxicated under the same law as power boat operators. Senators voted 37-8 to add sail-only vessels...

Bill seeks to block MTA from recording passengers' conversations

2013-01-18 14:42:15

A bill to ban the Maryland Transit Administration's practice of recording conversations on its buses has been filed by two state senators. James Brochin, a Baltimore County Democrat, and Allan Kittleman, a Republican representing Howard and Carroll...

O'Malley predicts voters would back death penalty repeal

2013-01-15 19:03:00

Expressing confidence that "the will is there" in the General Assembly to do away with capital punishment, Gov. Martin O'Malley predicted Tuesday that Maryland voters would uphold a decision to repeal the death penalty. As expected, O'Malley announced...

Counties skirt intent of state speed camera law

2012-12-08 09:31:00

Federal Hill resident Sean O'Connor wants to fact-check the automated speed camera ticket that he got in Baltimore County. But he can't. "It is not precise enough," said O'Connor, 27, who got the ticket in September alleging he was traveling 47 mph on...

Downtown violence prevention initiative nets several arrests

2012-06-06 16:36:00

The extra police officers sent to the Inner Harbor and downtown to combat unruly youths and crime this past weekend recorded 40 arrests, including more than 10 for drug possession, and two handguns seized. It's a snapshot of crime covering a single,...

General Assembly redistricting challenges argued at top court

2012-11-07 17:59:06

Lawyers for the state defended Maryland's new General Assembly districts Wednesday, telling Maryland's highest judges that while the map may not please everyone, it's legal and proper. "Somebody can always draw a better map. That's not the issue,"...

Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger, center, announces a petition drive to try to overturn a repeal of Maryland's death penalty on Friday, a day after Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a repeal bill into law. State Sen. James Brochin, D-Baltimore County, left, and Del. Neil C.

2013-05-02 00:00:00