NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday Feb. 7
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Friday:
Maryland's General Assembly is considering legislation to strike court ruling singling out pit bulls as being inherently dangerous.
• LEGISLATURE CONSIDERS BILLS TO OVERTURN COURT RULING ON PIT BULLS
The Maryland Senate’s version would let landlords off the liability hook if a renter’s dog bites someone, and would strike singling out pit bulls as inherently dangerous.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• BALTIMORE TEACHERS RATIFY
NEW THREE-YEAR CONTRACT
The city’s teachers voted Thursday for the new contract, which will give them annual one- percent raises and opportunities for promotion. However uncertainty about evaluations and a career ladder remains.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• PENN NATIONAL POSTS
QUARTERLY EARNINGS
The casino operator, which is vying for ownership of a Prince George’s County license, had revenue of $12.5 million for the quarter just ended, during which its former subsidiary, Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. (GLPI) was spun off.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• THOUSANDS LOSE POWER IN BALTIMORE AREA
Following ice storms in areas north and west of the city, tens of thousands still don’t have electricity, and may not have it restored for still another day.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• BIPARTISAN OVERSIGHT GROUP NAMED FOR MD. HEALTH EXCHANGE
The group, to be composed of the chairmen and members of the Senate Finance Committee and House Health and Government Operations Committee, will have ongoing legislative oversight of the troubled exchange.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Thursday Feb. 6
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Thursday:
Interim Baltimore City Schools chief Tisha Edwards is hoping to be named permanent CEO of the school system.
The job has been temporarily filled by ex-Chief of Staff, now Interim CEO Tisha Edwards since former CEO Andrés Alonso resigned last year.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• AUTO REGISTRATION COULD INCREASE BY $40
Under a bill sponsored by Montgomery County State Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr., counties and incorporated municipalities would be allowed, but not required, to impose a surcharge on motor vehicle registrations of $20 per year, for a total of $40 over the two-year registration period.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• ANNAPOLIS GETS $10K GRANT FOR SMOKE ALARMS
The capital city’s fire department got the grant from Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. to buy and install 700 smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
• LEOPOLD WANTS TO RUN FOR OFFICE AGAIN
His lawyers argued for that right at a hearing before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals Wednesday. The deadline for filing to run in this year’s election is Feb. 25.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• MIZEUR WANTS AGE RAISED TO 21 TO BUY LONG GUNS
However rival gubernatorial candidate Del. Ron George brushed off the proposal, saying, “Heather is a little afraid of guns.”
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Wednesday Feb. 5
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late- breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Wednesday:
Republican State Del. Don Dwyer introduced two bills Tuesday in the Maryland House of Delegates seeking a ‘higher standard’ for pun- ishing legislators who do what he did and for which he is now serving weekend jail time.
FOR LAWMAKERS WHO DO WHAT HE DID
The state delegate who is serving weekend jail time for driving under the influence of alcohol introduced legislation Tuesday that would require incarceration and rehab for public officials convicted of drunk driving and would subject legislators to removal from office upon being jailed for any offense.
Del. Donald H. Dwyer Jr., a Republican representing Annapolis in the Maryland House of Delegates, also pled guilty last year to boating while drunk.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• HEALTH EXCHANGE HEARINGS PUT OFF
TILL AFTER JUNE PRIMARY
The postponed hearings benefit Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, who has been blamed for the problems of the Maryland Health Exchange, and is running this spring for the Democratic nomination for governor.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
• FRACKING BILL DIES IN MD. SENATE
A bill banning the controversial process will not get a vote in the State Senate this year.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• CONGRESSMAN CHARGES COLLEGES WITH MISLEADING FINANCIAL AID APPLICANTS
Rep. Elijah Cummings says more than 100 U.S. universities, including Goucher College and Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, violate federal law by requiring applicants to fill out extra forms that determine their eligibility for financial aid.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• GATES, BALLMER REPLACED AT MICROSOFT
The computer pioneering giant named Satya Nadella as its new president Tuesday, replacing Steven A. Ballmer. Founder Bill Gates also stepped down from his role as chairman to become a technology adviser to Nadella. Gates, who was replaced as chairman by John W. Thompson, will remain a member of the company’s board.
Read More at: New York Times
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Tuesday Feb. 4
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Tuesday:
Gov. Martin O'Malley, right, has been letting Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown use the state's Washington Redskins skybox to entertain campaign contributors.
GET REDSKINS SKYBOX SEATS
The lieutenant governor has been using the state’s skybox at the Washington Redskins’ stadium to host politically influential guests who contribute large amounts of money to his gubernatorial campaign.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• HOGAN TO USE PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCING
The former Ehrlich cabinet secretary is running in the Republican primary for governor against Harford County Executive David Craig, State Del. Ron George and two others.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
• W.R. GRACE EMERGES FROM LENGTHY BANKRUPTCY
The Columbia-based chemical giant has been under Chapter 11 protection for almost 13 years.
Read More at: Md. Daily Record
• XEROX GETS $5M FOR HEATH CARE EXCHANGE
The same company, Xerox State and Local Solutions, operated Baltimore City’s failed speed cameras when the program was riddled with errors. A former top aide to Gov. Martin O’Malley is now a Xerox lobbyist.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• O’MALLEY, RAWLINGS-BLAKE JOIN RALLY FOR MINIMUM WAGE
U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin joined the two officials, along with religious leaders and other supporters rallying Monday in Baltimore for an increase in the state’s minimum wage.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Monday Feb. 3
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Monday:
Seattle swamped Denver Sunday in Super Bowl No. 48, played in N.J.
• SUPER BLOWOUT: SEATTLE ROUTS DENVER IN NEW JERSEY, 43-8
The Seahawks trounced Peyton Manning and the Broncos, limiting the NFL’s “best quarterback” to a single touchdown late in the third quarter.
Read More at: New Jersey Star-Ledger
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• SLIPPERY MORNING RUSH-HOUR COMMUTE FORECAST
One-to-three inches of snow is expected in Baltimore City overnight, with four-to-six inches possible north and west of the Beltway. The heaviest snow is possible between 7 and 10 a.m.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• BROWN WON’T GET SMITH’S MONEY FOR CAMPAIGN
James T. Smith Jr., the former Baltimore County executive, agreed upon confirmation as secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation last year, not to use the more than $531,000 in his state campaign account to benefit other office seekers. There had been speculation he might use some of the money to help Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown in his gubernatorial bid this spring.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• LEOPOLD TO SEEK CLEAN SLATE THIS WEEK
On Wednesday his attorneys will appear before the Court of Special Appeals to argue that the disgraced former Anne Arundel County executive’s conviction last January for criminal misconduct in office was based on a flawed reading of an unclear law and should be overturned.
“Leopold is unaware of any Maryland law which has imposed criminal liability for boorish, loutish behavior akin to the conduct in the … case,” his lead attorney wrote in a court filing. He is also seeking to reverse a provision that bars him from running for office while he serves a five-year probation, possibly clearing the way for him to file as a candidate in this year’s election for his former job.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• WINNING POWERBALL TICKET SOLD AT ‘MARYLAND HOUSE’
The second-tier million-dollar ticket was purchased Saturday by an unknown person at the rest-area stop on Interstate-95 in Aberdeen.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
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