Tagged: Maryland senate


NewsChips: Maryland marijuana legislation progresses with three new bills

By Sam Lewando | March 21, 2013, 5:52 p.m. | In News Blog »

The Maryland state senate recently considered Senate bill 297, which decriminalizes possession of 10 grams or fewer of marijuana.


Maryland Senate holds hearing to raise minimum wage

By Janvi Raichura | March 15, 2013, 1:49 p.m. | In Local »

On Thursday, the Maryland Senate Committee held a hearing for the proposal to raise the minimum wage in Maryland to $10 per hour by 2015. Currently, the minimum wage stands at $7.25 an hour and is in accordance with the federal minimum wage mandate.


O'Malley wrong to put Maryland's capital punishment on death row

By Aanchal Johri | Feb. 17, 2013, 3:08 p.m. | In Op/Ed »

This month, legislatures may pass a bill that will forever change the Maryland criminal justice system – and most likely for the worse.


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