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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Pr. George's Prepares to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

Pr. George's must first solve a computer glitch, but it may be ready to issue same-sex marriage licenses as early as next week.

  Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday signed a proclamation certifying the results of the same-sex marriage ballot question that voters passed in November, according to Raquel Guillory, spokeswoman for the governor. By law it goes into effect on Jan. 1, she said.  Montgomery County and Baltimore city will begin issuing marriage licenses on Thursday, although they will not go into effect until Jan. 1, according to WAMU. But Prince George's County must solve a computer glitch before it can issue them, said David Billings III, Ph.D., chief deputy clerk of the court for Prince George's.  The county is not required to be ready until 48 hours before Jan. 1, but it will issue licenses ahead of time if its computers are ready, according to Billings. …

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Video: O'Malley Warns of 'Monster Hurricane' Bearing Down on Maryland

The governor declared a state of emergency and evacuated Ocean City.

Gov. Martin O'Malley declared a state of emergency on Aug. 25, deploying 100 state troopers to assist with an evacuation of Ocean City and swift-water rescue teams in advance of a "monster hurricane" headed toward Maryland. “This is a large, this is a deadly, this is a slow-moving hurricane that is bearing down on the state of Maryland,” O'Malley said at the emergency operations center of the Maryland Emergency Management Agency. O'Malley warned about flooding in coastal and flood-prone areas, and advised residents to have enough food and water to last 72 hours. "People who live in areas that experience floods in heavy rains will definitely be experiencing flooding from the monster hurricane that is headed to our state," O'Malley said. "…

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9:10 am on Friday, August 26, 2011

You need to make a state wide order to shoot anyone seen looting right on the stop, or criminals are just as bad as any they had in New Orleans   more ›

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