This Post editorial, citing what it characterizes as “the potentially corrosive influence of money and politics”, urges Maryland to ban contested judicial elections.
Category: Maryland
Baltimore City employees face new gift rules
The Baltimore Sun reports on rules passed, but not final just yet, in the wake of Mayor Dixon’s decision to resign. City officials must now request the permission of the ethics board at least 30 days in advance of a fundraising campaign and must stipulate from whom, when and in what amounts they will seek […]
Fundraising around state legislature schedules
The Post reports on Maryland and Virginia rules restricting fundraising while the legislature is in session. At last count, 41 fundraisers had been scheduled between New Year’s and the start of the session next week, many of them targeting lobbyists and businesses that will have bills affecting their interests before the General Assembly. Among the […]