Today, in Annapolis, a joint group of House and Senate Democrats gathered to discuss their discontent towards the Federal budget. With cuts in nearly every program that provides vital services to residents of our state, the group focused on the large cut to the Environmental Protection Agency, and it’s affect on the Chesapeake Bay. We […]
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Senator Doug Peters (D-23) and Senate President Miller (D-27), welcomed the players, coaches, friends and family, and other individuals involved in the Maryland Chapter of Football University. The team won their championship game with a 41-14 victory over the Pacific Northwestern Regional winner, team Seattle. While acknowledging their overwhelming success on the field, the Senators […]
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Today on the Maryland Senate floor, Senators voted 29-17 to pass Senate Bill 665 – the Maryland Defense Act. While the session started out with an impassioned debate, the tone soon changed to that of cooperation and compromise on the matter. The articles outlined in this bill give our Attorney General, Brian Frosh, the necessary […]
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Today in Annapolis, Senator Miller spoke with a very large gathering of students, school administrators, professors, and all other varieties of other community college education advocates. President Miller thanked community colleges, and expressed the importance of their contributions to Maryland’s higher educational system, workforce and economy. The activities and events of the Maryland Association […]
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Yesterday, January 31st, Senate Bill 61 passed with no contest. This bill, sponsored and proposed by Senator Jim Mathias, would prohibit insurance companies from charging higher co-pays for digital tomography to produce 3-D mammograms as compared to the charges for other breast cancer screening methods. Currently if a patient is found to have a mass or […]
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