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Maryland House speaker Mike Busch is seeking to ban lobbyist-sponsored receptions on legislative property. The move comes after “Sheila Hixson’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Party,” hosted and paid for by a lobbyist, was held in the Ways and Means Committee offices. (The event was advertised: “”Food! Friends!! Frivolity!!! Leprechauns & Libations!!!!”) [Washington Post]
Constellation/BGE withdraws their controversial plan to award large bonuses to senior executives but the damage may already be done. [Maryland Politics]
Maryland business, factories and power plants “released more toxic pollutants into the environment in 2007 than they did the year before,” according to a new report by the EPA. Nationwide, toxic emissions are going down. [Bay & Environment]
New study suggests that Maryland should discontinue fees charged to parolees, suggesting the fees create debt that interferes with rehabilitation. [AP]
Headline of the Day: “State Comptroller Targets Soda Jerks.” [WBAL]
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