Maryland Politics Watch

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Traffic remains a top issue in Montgomery County. However, the lead story in today's Washington Post highlights why none of the County...

Several big states are thinking of moving up their presidential primaries by several weeks. Specifically, California, Florida, Illinois a...

Bonnie Cullison is the Chair of the Committee for Montgomery and leader of the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA). She has a g...

The Gazette helpfully provides information about the proposed development at the site of the Arlington Road Post Office in Bethesda: County...

Washington Post Reporter Ann Marimow will be on the "Political Pulse" TV Show in Montgomery County on Thursday, January 25th at 9 ...

Former Lite. Gov. Michael Steele appeared on the Colbert Report tonight. Colbert called him a rising star within the Republican Party. I ...

Looks like Peter Franchot may keep the meetings of the Board of Public Works lively even if he avoids the comments that got outgoing Comptro...

. . . took questions today on WashingtonPost.com .

The Montgomery County Council continues to debate the form, content, and purpose of the proposed moratorium on development. A quick review...

The Washington Post gave Gov. O'Malley a backhanded compliment when it lauded his relatively low increase in spending even as it noted h...

Kujanblog flagged a story in the Examiner which reports that Republicans Bob Ehrlich and Michael Steele may be gone but their dirty tricks...

Is the legislature on the verge of demanding that Maryland's counties pony up more dough for the schools? The Gazette reports that at ...

State Elections Administrator Linda Lamone continues to strongly insist that the touch-screen voting machines are fine and that adding a pa...

Robert Novak's column reports that former Gov. Bob Ehrlich blames the Iraq War for his new status as an unemployed ordinary citizen: Fo...

The Old Line takes incoming Gov. Martin O'Malley to task for his cautious start to his first year as governor and contrasts his unfavor...

Here is Gov. O'Malley's first inaugural address: Thank you Senator Mikulski for your kind introduction. I would like to begin by th...

Actress Megan Mullally showed she can be just as sharp even when someone else isn't writing her lines at yet another of many awards sho...

A constitutional amendment to permit early voting in Maryland has the honor of being Senate Bill 1 this year and sponsored by Senate Preside...

On the day designated to honor the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it is appropriate to reflect on his words. When I was younger, the ...

I just wanted to take a minute to second that emotion regarding Crablaw's rant about the clipboard solicitors who harrass people on the...

Governor-Elect O'Malley has won plaudits for presenting a balanced budget without using the same accounting gimmicks as outgoing Govern...

The Washington Post profiled former Sen. Ida Ruben yesterday: Every year since 1975, on the first day of the Maryland General Assembly'...

Michael Enright, Governor-elect Martin O'Malley's incoming Chief of Staff, will be on the "Political Pulse" TV Show on Thu...

"Mayor who lured Colts away is now Marylander" is how the Baltimore Sun sees former Chevy Chase (and Indianapolis) Mayor Bill Hud...

David Fishback, a member of the Board of Directors of Metro DC PFLAG, took some great notes at the recent Board of Education meeting on the ...

Governor-Elect Martin O'Malley and Lieutenant Governor-Elect Anthony Brown held a town meeting in an overheated filled-to-the-rafters au...

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett will host Governor-Elect Martin O’Malley at a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, January 9 at 8 p.m., ...

After a holiday hiatus, Maryland Politics Watch returns to our regular erratic blogging schedule.

One of the more interesting and important articles in the Gazette this week is about the proposal to shut several learning centers which se...

. . . this jackass lives in Virginia and is a Republican : In a letter sent to hundreds of voters this month, Representative Virgil H. Goode...

The power of Maryland in the new House got an incredible boost when Rep. Steny Hoyer beat out Rep. John Murtha for the post of House Majorit...

The Baltimore Sun reports that leaders of the General Assembly plan to introduce a constitutional amendment to allow early voting in Maryla...

The Board of Education selected Christopher Barclay to fill the vacant District 4 seat formerly held by Valerie Ervin who now serves on the ...

The following is the Action section of the resolution on transit passed by the Montgomery County Council on December 12th: The County Counci...

The victory of corrupt incumbent Democratic Rep. William Jefferson over his also Democratic challenger in the recent Louisiana runoff was a...

The Action Committee for Transit issued the following press release: Transit supporters hailed today's unanimous endorsement of the Pur...

The Georgetown Bookshop , located at 4710 Bethesda Ave., is closing its doors on Christmas Eve. Originally located in (surprise) Georgetow...

The Washington Post reports: The Anne Arundel County Board of Elections will begin today to recount absentee and provisional ballots cast i...

The latest Washington Post-ABC poll reveals that President Bush's popularity has not recovered since last month's election. On the...

According to the Washington Post : O'Malley arrived at the Bethesda North Conference Center more than 45 minutes late yesterday after ge...

The Washington Post reports today that newly elected Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett has renewed his call for an increase in the st...

Republican U.S. Senators made the odd decision to restore Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, a fan of Strom Thurmond for president, to their leade...

According to the Economist , confusing someone with Karl Rove is a firing offense not just in the U.S. but in Australia: SINCE it lost power...