Maryland: Mike Miller

April 2, 2009 - 10:32 am
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Sun

UPDATED: Speed cameras pass senate, after failing, after passing

The fat lady hasn't sung on speed cameras. The final vote of 27-20 in favor of the cameras shows that four votes changed from last night. Those who switched: Mike Miller, Ulysses Currie, Bobby Zirkin and Nancy King. All are...

March 31, 2009 - 02:12 pm
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Sun

O'Malley's position on Real ID

UPDATE: See new comments from Mike Miller below. A number of readers have asked what Gov. Martin O'Malley's position is on Real ID and the varying legislation the two chambers are pursuing related to driver's licenses for illegal immigrants. (In...

March 26, 2009 - 09:45 am
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Sun

Wrong time for public campaign financing?

The death of public campaign financing this year is both surprising and predictable. Surprising because Senate President Mike Miller endorsed it in a bit of a Nixon-goes-to-China moment but predictable for a couple of other reasons. For one thing, as...

March 26, 2009 - 07:52 am
NEWS FEED: Legum's New Line

Maryland Public Financing Legislation Fails

Public financing legislation supported by the unlikely coalition of Common Cause, Progressive Maryland and Senate President Mike Miller will likely fail. The Baltimore Sun has the details:
A proposal for public financing of General Assembly campaigns appears dead this year after a fiery debate in the Maryland Senate over the idea of using taxpayer dollars for [...]

March 17, 2009 - 02:46 pm
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Sun

Miller says the state should consider running the Preakness

Gadi Dechter reports the latest from the sage of the Senate: Mike Miller this morning floated the idea that, if the owners of Pimlico try to sell the track and move the Preakness out of state, Maryland should resurrect the...

March 11, 2009 - 01:55 pm
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Sun

Budget update

The budget news of the day appears to be coming from the legislature, not the governor. House Speaker Mike Busch and Senate President Mike Miller just announced a joint task force that will meet after the 2009 session to evaluate...

March 6, 2009 - 11:16 am
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Sun

Miller's campaign finance about-face

The world eagerly awaits word on what on earth has changed Senate President Mike Miller's mind on public funding of State House campaigns. Gadi Dechter reported this morning that an increase in the contribution limits for private contributions may have...

March 6, 2009 - 11:16 am
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Sun

Miller's campaign finance about-face

The world eagerly awaits word on what on earth has changed Senate President Mike Miller's mind on public funding of State House campaigns. Gadi Dechter reported this morning that an increase in the contribution limits for private contributions may have...

March 5, 2009 - 03:02 pm
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Sun

Update: Mike Miller commits to public campaign financing

Gadi Dechter is hearing word that Senate President Mike Miller has committed to pushing public campaign financing through his chamber, to take effect in the 2014 election cycle. (The one after next.) The plan as it stands would give candidates...

March 5, 2009 - 03:02 pm
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Sun

Update: Mike Miller commits to public campaign financing

Gadi Dechter is hearing word that Senate President Mike Miller has committed to pushing public campaign financing through his chamber, to take effect in the 2014 election cycle. (The one after next.) The plan as it stands would give candidates...