Michael E. Busch

Anne Arundel preserves a diamond in the rough

2013-05-19 16:03:52

The cinder block dugouts are decrepit and the backstop is ragged at the old baseball diamond in Galesville, but giants once ran the bases in this southern Anne Arundel County town. Not just giants but Elite Giants, as in the old Negro Leagues team of the...

O'Malley signs gun bill

2013-05-16 10:10:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday signed a gun-control bill that is among the country's most sweeping legislative responses to the December mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. The law bans the sale of assault-style rifles, including the AR-15 used in the...

$1 billion for new city schools: From non-starter to law

2013-05-16 18:26:00

Baltimore schools chief Andr�s Alonso went to Annapolis last year seeking approval for a bold $2 billion plan to replace many of the city system's crumbling buildings. The idea didn't even make it out of committee. Prospects still looked bleak in...

Getting answers in Md.'s jail corruption scandal

2013-05-07 10:39:00

When federal authorities announced a sweeping indictment alleging widespread corruption by 13 guards at the Baltimore City Detention Center, members of the House of Delegates Judiciary Committee were quick to call for a hearing so they could demand...

Assembly leaders change plans for city jail oversight

2013-05-03 19:09:00

General Assembly leaders say a joint committee of top legislators will hear from corrections officials about alleged corruption at the Baltimore City Detention Center. The briefing, to be held in June, replaces a House Judiciary Committee hearing that...

O'Malley signs death penalty repeal

2013-05-02 15:46:11

Surrounded by religious leaders, civil rights activists and others who have fought for years to stop executions in Maryland, Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation Thursday repealing the state's death penalty. Unless the law is overturned in a...

Table games bad for schools

2013-05-10 04:30:00

Once again, Gov. Martin O'Malley, House Speaker Michael E. Busch and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller pull the wool over the eyes of Marylanders ("The state busts," May 8). What a great deal tables games are for the casino operators, while the...

One-party rule in Maryland exacerbates jail scandal

2013-05-09 10:40:00

The evil that comes from a one-party state could not be more glaring than in the wake of the federal indictments over the corruption in the state-run Baltimore City Detention Center. Gov. Martin O'Malley has attempted to turn the astonishing degree of...

O'Malley promises corrections reform as GOP calls for audit

2013-05-09 17:21:15

Gov. Martin O'Malley said Thursday that he would expand the use of technology to block cell phone calls in Maryland corrections facilities, part of a set of reforms designed to "root out corruption" after a federal indictment alleged widespread gang...

Security chief at Baltimore City Detention Center removed

2013-05-07 20:52:00

State officials said Tuesday they removed the security chief at the Baltimore City Detention Center in the wake of a federal indictment that alleged an extensive smuggling scheme involving gang members and officers at the facility. The Maryland...

Maryland taxpayers revolt! Time to clean house in Annapolis

2013-04-12 14:51:45

This year's Maryland General Assembly session has led me to conclude the people who control our state government truly are out of touch with folks like me and, I suspect, many of you reading this column. (As if most of you hadn't decided this long ago,...

O'Malley signs wind bill, other jobs measures

2013-04-09 16:54:00

After his most successful legislative session in two terms, Gov. Martin O’Malley on Tuesday signed a long-sought bill to promote development of an offshore wind industry near Ocean City, among several other measures he hailed as job creators....

John Makell (left), 80, and Tommy Sesker, 84, former players for Galesville Hot Sox, sign baseballs as House Speaker Michael E. Busch looks on.

2013-05-19 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

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