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by Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers, Mike Wiser, FRONTLINE, and Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica WASHINGTON — A senior Republican senator has asked the Justice Department to explain why its civil lawyers filed court papers questioning prosecutors’ conclusions that an Army researcher mailed the anthrax-laced letters that killed five people in 2001. In a letter this week...
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by Lois Beckett ProPublica A representative from Bank of America meets with homeowner Alysa Cerisier, right, to discuss mortgage modifications at a workshop on Aug. 25, 2011, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) With housing prices dropping sharply, and foreclosure filings against more than 1 million properties in the first half of this year, the...
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by Mike Wiser, PBS FRONTLINE, Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers, and Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica July 18, 2011 WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has called into question a key pillar of the FBI’s case against Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist accused of mailing the anthrax-laced letters that killed five people and terrorized Congress a decade ago....
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Annapolis, MD (July 4, 2011) – Governor Martin O’Malley on July 4, 2011 announced the creation of the Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Committee (GRAC). The five-member committee will hold public hearings, receive public comment, and draft a recommended plan for the State’s legislative and congressional redistricting. “The Committee will immediately develop a schedule of public...
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The office of Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., has issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today announced the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services was awarded $548,120 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response...
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MILLERSVILLE, MD (April 18, 2011) – Governor Martin O’Malley today joined Delegate Maggie McIntosh, Chair of the House Environmental Matters Committee, Senator Paul Pinsky and Delegate Steve Lafferty, lead sponsors of this year’s septics legislation in the Senate and House of Delegates, and others for the signing of an Executive Order on septics pollution. ...
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by Marian Wang ProPublica As the Obama administration grapples with whether to arm the Libyan rebels, it has several things to consider—not least of which is the question of whether doing so would be legal. The State Department had been pretty clear about the matter earlier this month, with then-spokesman PJ Crowley telling reporters...
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Washington, Mar 21 - Congressman Roscoe Bartlett released the following statement today concerning the situation in Libya. Congressman Bartlett represents Maryland’s Sixth District and he is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces of the House Armed Services Committee. “The United States does not have a King’s army. President Obama’s unilateral...
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