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O’Malley Requests New Execution Rules
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...
Gov. Martin O’Malley directed his public
safety and corrections chief yesterday to write
new rules governing how lethal injection is
carried out in Maryland, potentially paving the
way for executions to resume. May 2008
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Filed under regional news, criminal justice
by GaroldStone
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05/27/2008
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Group seeks to form new NAACP chapter in Prince George’s
http://www.gazette.net/stories/042408/prin...
A group of Prince George’s residents are waging
a battle to form a new county branch of the NAACP,
claiming the current organization has not
addressed longstanding discrimination in the
county. A group of Prince George’s residents are
waging a battle to form a new county branch of the
NAACP, claiming the current organization has not
addressed longstanding discrimination in the
county. Apr 24, 2008
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Filed under regional news
by GaroldStone
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04/24/2008
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Most Crimes Occur At Ends of the Lines
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...
The 10 Metro stations with the most crime last
year were stops at or near the end of the lines in
Fairfax and Prince George’s counties,
Transit Police Chief Michael Taborn said
yesterday. Seven of the 10 stations are in Prince
George’s. Apr 19, 2008
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Filed under regional crime, regional news
by GaroldStone
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04/19/2008
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Roadside Spam bill stalls in MD House of Delegates
http://www.gazette.net/stories/041008/laur...
Prince George’s County Councilman Thomas Dernoga
(D-Dist. 1) of Laurel and Dist. 21 delegates
Barbara Frush of Beltsville, Joseline Pena-Melnyk
and Ben Barnes, both of College Park, were the
sponsors of H.B. 921, which sought to fine
offenders for putting up advertisements, signs or
notices without the prior authorization of the
State Highway Administration. The bill did not
pass during the regular legislative session, which
ended April 7. Apr 10, 2008
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Filed under regional news, roadside spam
by GaroldStone
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04/18/2008
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Police look to curb roadside dumping
http://gazette.net/stories/041008/uppenew1...
County police stepped up day and night patrols
with unmarked vehicles last week in an effort to
catch people littering and dumping, crimes that
residents of the Upper Marlboro area describe as
an ongoing nuisance. Apr 9, 2008
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Filed under regional news, pg police
by GaroldStone
Added
04/11/2008
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Senate Approves Highway Speed Cameras
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...
Under the proposal, the cameras could be placed at
10 locations with speed limits of 45 and 55 mph,
including heavily traveled routes such as 210,
202, 4 and 5. The bill [now] goes to the House of
Delegates, where its chances for approval are
good. Apr 2, 2008
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Filed under regional news, PG speed cameras
by GaroldStone
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04/02/2008
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PG Hospital bill passes Md. House
http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story.a...
The House of Delegates passed an emergency bill on
Monday aimed at keeping the Prince George’s
Hospital Center from closing because of serious
financial problems that have plagued the hospital
system for years. The measure also affects the
96-bed Laurel Regional Hospital, the Bowie Health
Center, an emergency care center, and the 107-bed
Gladys Spellman Nursing Center. Mar 24, 2008
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Filed under regional news, LRH Financing
by GaroldStone
Added
03/25/2008
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Amended DNA Database Bill Tentatively Approved
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...
Legislation to significantly expand
Maryland’s DNA database to include samples
collected from people charged with violent crimes
and burglary advanced in the General Assembly
yesterday, but only after lawmakers adopted
amendments reflecting a compromise between Gov.
Martin O’Malley and the Legislative Black
Caucus. Mar 21, 2008
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Filed under government md, regional news, dna database
by GaroldStone
Added
03/23/2008
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New Bailout Proposed for Pr. George’s Hospital System
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...
Prince George’s County Executive Jack B.
Johnson met secretly with the county’s
delegates yesterday to present a long-awaited plan
to bail out the county’s financially
troubled hospital system by transferring ownership
to the nation’s largest Catholic health-care
system, a proposal that could run into trouble
with state officials because of its cost. Under
the proposal, Ascension Health would take over the
struggling hospital system beginning July 1. Feb
23, 2008
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Filed under regional news, LRH Financing
by GaroldStone
Added
02/24/2008
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Summary of new WSSC Rate & Fees
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...
Utility managers have proposed new rates and fees
that would increase the average quarterly water
bill for customers in Montgomery and Prince
George’s counties by 50 percent, from $150
to $225, arguing that they must pay more or face
the disintegration of an aging network of water
and sewer pipes. The Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission would increase rates by 9.5 percent for
its 1.8 million customers starting in July.
Residents would also pay a new $20-a-month fee
devoted to sp…
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Filed under local news, regional news, WSSC
by GaroldStone
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01/21/2008
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Maryland StateStat www.statestat.maryland.gov
http://www.statestat.maryland.gov/
StateStat is a performance-measurement and
management tool implemented by Governor Martin
O’Malley to make our state government more
accountable and more efficient. Modeled after the
CitiStat program that he developed as Mayor of
Baltimore City, Governor O’Malley is using
this data-based management approach to make
Maryland’s government work again for the
people of our State. Jan 17,2008
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Filed under government reform, government md, regional news
by GaroldStone
Added
01/17/2008
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National Harbor Hits Snag Over Alcohol
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...
The hotel that will anchor the $2 billion National
Harbor development has failed to secure permission
to serve alcohol because the Prince George’s
County liquor board is insisting on a new state
law that would create a substantially more
expensive license for the project.
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Filed under pg county, regional news, club violence
by GaroldStone
Added
09/21/2007
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Violent crime on the rise in Laurel
http://www.gazette.net/stories/071907/laur...
Driving the increase in violent crime was a 57
percent rise in aggravated assaults. Like the June
19 homicide, most of the assaults were the result
of disputes between suspects and victims who knew
each other, said Laurel Police Chief David
Crawford. July 19, 2007
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Filed under regional crime, regional news
by GaroldStone
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07/24/2007
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