Joan Carter Conway

Miller says outlook on septic bill is 'dicey'

2012-03-20 12:03:00

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said this afternoon that the governor's bill to limit septic systems will face strong opposition from other Democrats when it is debated later this week. "It is going to be dicey, very dicey," Miller told reporters....

Foes, supporters clash over Plan Maryland

2011-12-12 16:19:00

To its supporters, Gov. Martin O'Malley's Plan Maryland is a long-overdue effort to bring Maryland's disparate programs to promote Smart Growth under one consolidated plan with an agreed-upon set of rules. To its detractors, the plan is a naked power grab...

Holocaust survivors stand to benefit from MARC bid

2011-09-29 12:45:00

Keolis can bid for the contract to run the Camden and Brunswick MARC commuter rail lines ("Holocaust rail fight moves to Congress," Sept. 25). The survivors and descendants of those herded into cattle cars destined for Nazi concentration camps by the...

Kenneth L. Webster, state delegate, dies at 76

2011-08-16 15:21:00

Former Del. Kenneth L. Webster, who led the battle for and wrote the historic legislation that made the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a legal state holiday in Maryland, died Friday of kidney failure at the Baltimore Veteran Administration Medical...

Crowded fields, strong incumbents in City Council races

2011-09-09 19:42:00

The incumbent ditched a mayoral bid at the last minute, deciding instead to try to hang on to his seat representing parts of Charles Village, Oliver, Remington and Station North. His challengers include a community activist who hopes to be the...

Morning blog round-up

2011-02-14 16:22:13

On the Original Beer in Baltimore Alexander Mitchell IV has the final beer list for this weekend's Belgian Beer Fest VII at Max's on Broadway.The Eat. Swim. Shop. blogger gets a hankering for Eastern Carolina barbecue sauce and so makes......

Lawmakers considering range of fees, taxes

2011-03-26 16:56:00

Strapped fisheries agency facing legislative hack job

2010-03-14 00:00:00

Visiting the Maryland General Assembly is like having a front-row seat at Short Attention Span Theater. Lawmakers hope you don't remember what they did to you last year and count on you not remembering two years ago. Otherwise, how do you explain the...

Senators turn away repeal of death penalty in Md.

2009-03-04 00:00:00

Baltimore County senators rebuffed an effort to abolish Maryland's death penalty yesterday, persuading lawmakers instead to restrict when capital punishment can be used. The Senate's first full debate on the death penalty in more than three decades was...

Narrow majority of Md. senators oppose repeal of death penalty, survey reveals

2009-02-17 00:00:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley's push to end the death penalty in Maryland would probably fall short if a legislative vote were held today, even though the governor insisted yesterday that the repeal effort "has a real shot this year." A Baltimore Sun survey of...

Mayor's supporters underwhelmed by case

2009-01-10 00:00:00

Sheila Dixon looks far from finished. The Baltimore mayor dug in yesterday after being indicted on a dozen counts related to gifts she allegedly received, and the city's political establishment, so far, is standing firmly behind her. Many said they don't...

People speak out on Dixon's plea deal

2010-01-07 00:00:00

"The biggest thing this does, it removes a cloud that has been in existence over the city since she was convicted. ... The credibility of the office was hurting. ... You can't govern being convicted." Clarence M. Mitchell IV, WBAL-Radio talk show host...

Senator Joan Carter Conway listens to fellow senators regarding the debate on amendments on the Senate floor on same-sex marriage.

2011-02-24 00:00:00

Cecilia Marshall (left) talks with state Sen. Joan Carter Conway at a gathering to honor Marshall's late husband, Justice Thurgood Marshall, the subject of a bill to rename BWI.

2005-03-28 00:00:00