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Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot. (Photo courtesy of the office of the Comptroller of Maryland.)
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Candidates in Comptroller Race Portray a Great Chasm

by Howard R. Fletcher Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — If it were a horse race, the challenger would be considered a longshot. Nevertheless, in a contest for the Maryland comptroller’s seat, a little-known Republican […]

Video: SCA Hosts County Executive Debate
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Video: SCA Hosts County Executive Debate

Candidates for Howard County Executive indulged citizens of Savage and nearby communities for 90 minutes recently at the Carroll Baldwin Memorial Hall in Savage, Maryland. (Video Courtesy of Savage Community Association) Related Article: Kittleman, Ball […]

County Executive Elect Calvin Ball and current County Executive Allan Kittleman at one of the last debates before the General Election. The debate was held in Savage, Maryland.
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Kittleman, Ball Challenge Records at Debate in Savage

Saturday’s Coffee and Conversation in Savage, Maryland was less about conversation and more like a head-on debate between two rivals vying for the County Executive’s seat in Howard County. Allan Kittleman, the current County Executive, […]

WASHINGTON - Protesters march to the Supreme Court to rally against the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the nation's highest court. (Albane Guichard/Capital News Service)
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Ahead of Senate Vote, Thousands March Against Kavanaugh

by Samantha Rosen and Morgan Caplan Capital News Service WASHINGTON – “Say it loud, say it clear, Kavanaugh is not welcome here,” protesters chanted as they marched Thursday in withering heat along Constitution Avenue from […]

Senator Ben Cardin (D) retains his seat in the U.S. Senate. (File Photo by Jared Goldstein/Capital News Service)
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Cardin, Van Hollen Dissatisfied with FBI Report

by Jared Goldstein Capital News Service WASHINGTON — Ahead of an expected vote on Saturday, Maryland’s Democratic senators on Thursday decried the FBI’s investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, calling it rushed and incomplete. […]

WASHINGTON - Members of the public sat silently watching television Thursday in an overflow room near the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where Christine Blasey Ford detailed her sexual assault charges against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (Albane Guichard/Capital News Service)
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Hogan and two Senators Want FBI Probe of Kavanaugh

by Chris Cioffi Capital News Service WASHINGTON – Even before a sudden move by Senate Republicans Friday to request an FBI probe of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and the state’s […]