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Bills to restrict smoking nearly snuffed out in Md.

Proposed smoking restrictions aren't catching fire in Annapolis as the Maryland General Assembly reaches the final weeks of a 90-day session.

Tags: kate ryan, smoking, Hans Riemer, annapolis, Maryland General Assembly

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Fitting Walmart into space and minds of Rockville not a done deal

Aside from the public sentiment, there is a question of space. But the store slated to wedge itself along Rockville Pike is far from a done deal.

Tags: Walmart, rockville pike, Rockville Walmart, Montgomery County, kate ryan

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Md. redistricting changes voting locations

When Congressional districts are redrawn, the boundaries move even if you have not moved residence.

Tags: redistricting, polling, Maryland primary, kate ryan

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Attorneys seek to repeal vehicular manslaughter law

An effort to repeal Maryland's vehicular manslaughter law is under way just one year after the statute was strengthened to crack down on drivers who cause fatal crashes.

Tags: Owings, Md, William Katcef, Luiz Simmons, kate ryan, Anne Arundel County State

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Md. 6th District contest is quickly heating up

Maryland Democrats used to campaigns where one front-runner coasts to victory are experiencing a very different campaign season.

Tags: kate ryan, 6th Congressional District, Rob Garagiola, John Delaney, Myrna Whitworth, Roscoe Bartlett, David Brinkley

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Md. county adding cameras to school buses

Montgomery County has voted to install school bus cameras that will automatically ticket drivers who violate the law.

Tags: school bus, Nancy Floreen, kate ryan, Montgomery County schools, Montgomery County Public Schools, cameras

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Chronic tardiness hurts children, schools

Chronic tardiness causes some school systems to take legal action against parents when their kids are late to class. Educators say they turn to the courts because of the negative effect on a child's education.

Tags: kate ryan, school absences, schools, Stephen Chaikin

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Wedding industry readies for Md. same-sex marriage

The announcements went out last week, and the setting has been arranged: Maryland's same-sex marriage bill will become law in a signing ceremony Thursday.

Tags: same-sex marriage, employee loyalty, Maryland General Assembly, kate ryan

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Mice take over Montgomery County office buildings

Investigators in Montgomery County's Office of Consumer Protection can smell a rat a mile away, but it's the mice that caught them by surprise. One investigator still shudders when she thinks about the unwanted guest in her office.

Tags: Gloria A. McMillan, Gino Renne, Eric Friedman, pests, Montgomery County, kate ryan, mice

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Md. lawmaker proposes changes for some drunk driving convictions

Maryland Delegate Sam Arora is sponsoring a bill that would require anyone convicted of drunken driving with children present in the car participate in the ignition interlock program. After the first conviction, their car would be outfitted with an device to electronically measure the driver's sobriety.

Tags: kate ryan, Washington Regional Alcohol Program, Maryland Mothers Against Drunk Driving, drunken driving, car accident, ignition interlock

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