Martin O'Malley

Marylanders should be proud of their EMS system

2013-05-22 04:00:00

During the week of May 19-25, 2013, Maryland joins the rest of the nation in celebrating National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week. I commend the Maryland EMS providers who respond every day of every month to emergency situations, making our...

Former Balto. Co. exec Smith in talks for transportation job

2013-05-22 18:57:00

Former Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith is one of the final candidates in talks to become Gov. Martin O'Malley's new transportation secretary, according to several people familiar with the situation. The job has been vacant for more than a...

Top O'Malley aide Guillory to leave governor's office

2013-05-20 16:04:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley's communications director and long-time aide Raquel Guillory will leave the governor's office at the end of the month for another job in state goverment. Guillory, who worked for O'Malley when he was mayor and in the State House, is...

Let BGE investors pay for higher costs

2013-05-21 09:00:00

In reference to the article, "BGE seeks rate increase on heels of last case" (May 17), BGE should be run like any other company. Every other company has to pass some of the cost to the stockholders, reducing quarterly earnings, for instance. I would...

Gill sworn in as natural resources chief

2013-05-21 11:39:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley swore in Joseph P. Gill as Secretary of Natural Resources Tuesday, replacing John R. Griffin at the top of the 1,200-employee agency. Griffin has been named to replace Matt Gallagher as the governor's chief of staff as of June 1....

The cost of BGE reliability

2013-05-20 12:03:25

Baltimore Gas & Electric certainly isn't likely to win any popularity contests. It secured a rate increase from the Public Service Commission in February — its second in the last three years — and turned around and filed a request for...

FBI document shows start of corrections corruption probe

2013-05-20 08:49:00

Federal and state law enforcement agencies have been working since 2011 to take on corruption in prisons — their efforts recently resulted in the indictment of more than two dozen in an alleged smuggling scheme — and a document the FBI...

MARC gets a boost

2013-05-20 03:00:00

Last week presented the sort of opportunity that elected officials crave. As Gov. Martin O'Malley signed the gas tax increase into law, he announced a slew of new Maryland transportation projects — $1.2 billion in all — that can now move...

Fix city jail by tearing up officers' 'bill of rights'

2013-05-21 04:00:00

I have followed national news reports of 13 correctional officer involved in partnership activities with inmates as well as four female correctional officers getting pregnant by inmates ("Alleged gang leader in poor jail conditions, his lawyer says,"...

Beretta has no plans to leave, yet

2013-05-20 14:35:00

Despite Beretta's threats that the company would leave Maryland if new gun laws were passed and signed by Gov. Martin O'Malley, Beretta USA has no current plans to abandon its headquarters�in Prince George's County.� In a statement sent to The Baltimore...

Baltimore's investments in job creation

2013-05-17 03:00:00

A strong and sustainable 21st century economy can only be built from the bottom up. And today, as President Barack Obama visits Baltimore, it is this fact that will drive us to join with him to renew a call for Congress to focus on common-sense...

Maryland: A good state to be from, a bad place to live

2013-05-15 09:00:00

In a recent column, Dan Rodricks essentially excoriated corporate CEOs for whining about Maryland ("Complaining CEOs need to take a hike," May 8). OK, he feels that they make too much money, that's his right, and it falls exactly in line with the thinking...

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley at Preakness 2013

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Governor Martin O'Malley made a stop at Pimlico Race Course on Friday.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley, center, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, second left, and Speaker of the House Michael E. Busch, right, signed SB 281, gun-control bill into law during the final bill signing ceremony of the year at the State House.

2013-05-16 00:00:00