Wanted to give a shout out and thanks to Minority Leader Tony O'Donnell and the other members of the House Republican Caucus for sponsoring HB472 , a bill that would extricate Maryland from the National Popular Vote scheme that has been floating around for a few years that would tie Maryland's Elect...

The Maryland insurance commissioner yesterday cut in half the $18 million severance package paid to former CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield chief executive William L. Jews, saying the CareFirst board failed to restrain his compensation and the company "strayed significantly from its nonprofit......

Before bidding adieu for the summer, let's take a spin through some of the top stories from the 2007-08 school year....

Maryland General Assembly: HB134 Transporting Pets (and wives) in trucks Hat Tip: Mrs. Owl Earlier today Mrs. Owl emailed me a PDF copy of “News and Views You can Use,� distributed by Equiery . I cannot find the newsletter on the Equiery web site… Mrs. Owl wrote “ One of several silly aspect...

This week in The Tentacle Wednesday, February 13, 2008 The McCain Maalox Paradox Kevin E. Dayhoff At this point in the Republican 2008 presidential primary campaign Senator John McCain has over three times as many Republican National Convention delegates as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Most p...

Franchot Offers Bleak Assessment of Economy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Calls for repeal of Computer Services Tax in State of the Treasury Speech Bethesda, MD (January 18, 2008) - Emphasizing his independence and prudent fiscal stewardship, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot today offered a bleak assessm...