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• State Roundup, February 22, 2012 February 22, 2012
  Same-sex marriage bill moves to the Senate floor; "Gun day" in Annapolis; Frederick County makes English the official language; transgender discrimination bill passes in Towson; manure use on farmland; maintenance of effort and the pension shift to counties. […]
  Justin Snow
• Brochin seeks to ban use of speed cameras in work zones with no workers February 22, 2012
  Sen. James Brochin says spent nine months driving through a section of the Baltimore Beltway in his Towson district with a speed camera in a work zone that had no workers. He’s sponsoring a bill to require that cameras be used only when workers are present. […]
  Len Lazarick
• Judicial Proceedings Committee forwards same-sex marriage bill to full Senate February 21, 2012
  With a 7-4 vote, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee Tuesday afternoon sent the bill allowing same-sex marriage to the full Senate, setting the stage for its full passage by the end of the week. […]
  Len Lazarick
• Senate looking for alternative tax hikes to avoid ‘doomsday’ budget, Miller says February 21, 2012
  Senate leaders are trying to find $500 million in tax hikes as alternatives to those proposed by Gov. Martin O’Malley to avoid a “doomsday” budget with $1 billion in spending cuts, Senate President Mike Miller told reporters Tuesday. […]
  Len Lazarick
• Republicans try to curb benefits for illegal immigrants February 21, 2012
  Republicans are again trying to curb public benefits for illegal immigrants, as they have repeatedly in past years, against the continued opposition of social service groups. […]
  Len Lazarick