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Foundation aims to improve Maryland legislative website

To better understand the state’s challenges to political transparency, the OpenGov Foundation and MarylandReporter.com teamed up to lead a small focus group last Thursday to analyze the access point to all of Maryland’s State House information — the state legislative website. The conclusion? Transparency in Maryland has a long way to go.

Foundation aims to improve Maryland legislative website

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To better understand the state’s challenges to political transparency, the OpenGov Foundation and MarylandReporter.com teamed up to lead a small focus group last Thursday to analyze the access point to all of Maryland’s State House information — the state legislative website. The conclusion? Transparency in Maryland has a long way to go.

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Maryland judiciary promotes civics education

By Christopher Goins Chris@marylandreporter.com Judge Pamila Brown saw a need for more civic education. A few years ago, Brown, a Howard County District Judge, attended an American Bar Association meeting where the

Freshman congressman Delaney tackles big needs with innovative financing

By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Rep. John Delaney Freshman Congressman John Delaney on Wednesday plans to roll out his signature legislative initiative for his first term — a plan for a national infrastructure

Tax court still lags behind in property tax appeals, audit finds

By Christopher Goins Chris@MarylandReporter.com Real estate property owners unhappy with their assessments are still often waiting too long on their appeals to the Maryland Tax Court, auditors found, a problem that

Judge Katie O’Malley turns cover girl in fashion shoot

District Court Judge Catherine Curran O’Malley, the governor’s wife, is often found wearing basic black, especially in her Baltimore courtroom. Katie O’Malley in an official photo. But Katie O’Malley, usually associated

Some state workers doubled their salaries into six-figures with overtime

By Meg Tully Meg@MarylandReporter.com Some Maryland state government workers more than doubled their salaries with overtime payments in 2012, and more than 3,300 topped $10,000 in overtime payments. MarylandReporter.com analyzed overtime payments

Success brings Pa. tax collection firm another boost in Md. commissions — but it loses new contract

By Christopher Goins Chris@MarylandReporter.com A Pennsylvania collections firm has done so well prying Maryland back taxes out of delinquent taxpayers that the comptroller’s office just got approval for $300,000 more from

Indicted correctional officers were low paid

Second in a series on state salaries that began Tuesday.  By Meg Tully Meg@MarylandReporter.com Thirteen Maryland correctional officers indicted last month in a corruption case that has outraged legislators and the public

Almost 5,700 state employees make $100,000 or more

By Meg Tully Meg@MarylandReporter.com Top 10 State Salaries 1. Randy Edsall Head Football Coach, University of Maryland, $2,011,720 Maryland Reporter’s third annual report on state salaries  found that 5,663 state employees pulled in

Conowingo dam dirt continuing problem for the bay

The video embedded in the middle of the story provides a useful summary. By Jessica Wilde Capital News Service View of the Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River in the aftermath of

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