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A statue of the U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision that upheld slavery and denied citizenship to African Americans was removed from the grounds of the Maryland State House early Friday.
The attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia filed a federal lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump, alleging he violated the Constitution by improperly retaining ties to his sprawling global business empire and by accepting foreign payments while in office. Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh joined District counterpart Karl Racine at a news conference in the nation's capital, saying the lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in neighboring Maryland.
Attorneys general for the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland say they will sue President Donald Trump on Monday, alleging that he has violated anticorruption clauses in the Constitution by accepting millions in payments and benefits from foreign governments since moving into the White House. The lawsuit, the first of its kind brought by government entities, centers on the fact that Trump chose to retain ownership of his company when he became president.
Attorneys general for the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland say they will sue President Donald Trump on Monday, alleging that he has violated anticorruption clauses in the Constitution by accepting millions in payments and benefits from foreign governments since moving into the White House. The lawsuit, the first of its kind brought by government entities, centers on the fact that Trump chose to retain ownership of his company when he became president.
Richard L. Revesz and Jack Lienke are co-authors of "Struggling for Air: Power Plants and the 'War on Coal.' a <" For many in the Northeast, May is a hopeful time, promising longer, warmer, brighter days ahead.
Gov. Larry Hogan talks about the veto of the Democrats' redistricting bill and State Sen. Jim Brochin talks about redistricting reform. Gov. Larry Hogan talks about the veto of the Democrats' redistricting bill and State Sen. Jim Brochin talks about redistricting reform.
Republicans and conservatives, on the other hand, hope the jackasses repeat their mistakes of 2014 and yawn their way through 2018. In 2014, Maryland Lt.
Gov. Larry Hogan emerged from the 2017 General Assembly session upbeat about what he had just accomplished. And why not? He came into the year with the most ambitious legislative package of his term, touching on a wide variety of issues beyond the economic and taxation themes that animated his campaign, including proposals dealing with the environment, public health, education, ethics and even paid sick leave for workers.
Top Democrats in the Maryland legislature have agreed to expand the ranks of medical marijuana growers in the state as part of an overhaul of the burgeoning but beleaguered industry. Fifteen companies preapproved last year by regulators can open cultivation sites as early as summer if they pass final inspections and background checks.
Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch speaks at a news conference in Annapolis, Maryland, on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in support of legislation to continue funding for services provided by Planned Parenthood. Maryland Democrats are supporting the state legislation due to concerns that President Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress will cut family planning services in the Republican health care bill in Washington.
Van Hollen served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives after 12 years in the Maryland General Assembly. He has called for improving education, expanding the economy, and election reform.
Even before Maryland's week-long period of early voting concludes Thursday night, voter turnout records have been set. At the current pace, it's expected that more than 800,000 Maryland voters will have cast their ballots at one of the state's 69 early voting centers this year.
Maryland Senate candidate Kathy Szeliga called on Donald Trump late Friday to "sincerely apologize to all women immediately" for lewd comments he made in 2005, but did not say whether she still planned to back the GOP presidential nominee. Szeliga, a state legislator from Baltimore County and the minority whip in the House of Delegates, is running against U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen to succeed retiring Sen. Barbara Mikulski .