Regional Authority

O'Malley is Obama's mini-me

2012-05-21 06:45:00

If the slogan "Maryland is America in miniature" is still relevant, it spells trouble for us by today's standards. What a double whammy. Our president and our governor. They are both two of a kind, and that means trouble for most of us. Talk about...

One special session down, another to go?

2012-05-20 13:39:00

State Sen. Jamie Raskin likens the prospect of being called back to Annapolis for another special session to the plight of a middle school student being told on the last day of classes that he has to attend summer school. But the Montgomery County...

I'll Have Another trainer tells governor horse is 'gonna win' Preakness Stakes

2012-05-19 12:15:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley scored the behind-the-scene tour most Preakness fans wish for: an up-close look at the 11 horses in the Stakes Stables. Tom Chuckas, president of the Maryland Jockey Club,�walked the governor�around the barns, packed high with hay...

Report: Clinical trials of new medications help create jobs in Maryland

2012-05-18 15:53:17

Maryland has hosted 1,775 clinical trials for new medicines targeting six major chronic diseases since 1999, including 369 that are still in the early stages of recruiting patients, according to a study by two pharmaceutical industry groups released...

'Dysfunctional' doesn't begin to describe Md.'s governor, legislature

2012-05-18 04:30:00

Our governor and the legislative leadership have given new meaning to the word "dysfunctional" as a description of the state's legislative process. The ineptitude that was exhibited during the 90-day legislative session and the dishonest dialogue coming...

Special session fallout

2012-05-16 10:55:00

They did what they had to do, and they went home. That's the best that can be said of the special session of the Maryland General Assembly that concluded today. The tax increases, spending cuts, fund transfers and other measures lawmakers approved in 21/2...

Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Thursday

2012-05-17 04:02:00

WEATHER Today's forecast calls for sunny and breezy conditions, with a high temperature near 75 degrees. Tonight is expected to be clear, with a low temperature around 54 degrees. TRAFFIC Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues as you...

O'Malley builds on tax-raising legacy

2012-05-16 17:05:00

The General Assembly's speedy embrace of Gov. Martin O'Malley's income tax increases this week cleaned up a political mess in Annapolis, but the rate hikes could come back to haunt the Democrat if he seeks national office when his time in the governor's...

George Wallace shooting: The day a campaign, and chaos, came to Laurel

2012-05-10 11:00:00

WARNING: Video contains graphic content It was a quiet city back then, a place where a stage stood in a nondescript shopping center, a platform from which a controversial presidential candidate would speak. It was a day when Laurel would become...

Wicomico executive: So what if O'Malley emails with Perdue lawyer?

2012-05-11 11:15:00

The Daily Times and The Baltimore Sun published an article in their May 9th editions reporting criticism by a Washington-based environmental extremist group of a so-called "cozy relationship" between Governor O'Malley and an attorney for our own Perdue,...

Democratic tax plan faces challenge from within

2012-05-14 18:08:00

A carefully choreographed strategy to raise state income taxes to stave off so-called doomsday budget cuts faces a challenge in the General Assembly after several Democrats defied party leaders with a proposal to raise the sales tax instead. The...

Pit bull pals may get chance in a second special session

2012-05-15 12:10:00

Pit bull owners and other animal advocates won't get a chance to overturn a recent Court of Appeals decision labeling the breed as dangerous during the special General Assembly session now under way, but they might get their chance if the legislature...

(L to R) Governor Tom Corbett; Christ Constantinou, After Sales Training Instructor; Bernd Harling, the Principal Communications Counsel and State Senator Bob Mensch's reflections can be seen in the hood of a Porsche during Governor Tom Corbett tour of the Porsche plant on Tuesday.

2012-05-15 12:35:00

Lincoln County High School Principal Tim Godbey introduces five of the county's eight 2012 governor's scholars at the school board meeting May 10. From left are Jonathan Hardwick, Kayla Upchurch, Godbey, Haley Reichenbach, Taylor Faulkner and Daniel Cain.

2012-05-14 20:16:00

From left, men's runner-up Chris Chisholm of Farmington, Benjamin Heslin (third place), winner Mark Hixson of Simsbury, Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

2012-05-12 00:00:00