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2 unusual facts about Maryland General Assembly


Alvin Thornton

In 1999, he was chairman of the Maryland General Assembly's Commission on Education Finance, Equity, and Excellence, popularly known as the Thornton Commission.

Baltimore's Marching Ravens

When Baltimore was in the running for a National Football League franchise in the 1990s, Ziemann enlisted the band's help in convincing the Maryland General Assembly, the state legislature, to approve funding for a new football stadium.


Annotated Code of Maryland

The Annotated Code of Maryland is amended through the legislative process involving both bodies of the Maryland General Assembly, the House of Delegates and the Senate.

Maryland Route 665

In October 1992, state officials named MD 665 for Aris T. Allen, a doctor and former member of the Maryland General Assembly who had died in 1991.


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Joshua J. Cohen

During college he interned at the Maryland General Assembly for Senator William H. Amoss, and on Capitol Hill for U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski.

Nancy Jacobs

During the 2007 session of the Maryland General Assembly, Senator Jacobs sponsored Maryland's version of Jessica's Law.

The Band That Wouldn't Die

When Baltimore was in the running for a National Football League franchise in the 1990s, Ziemann enlisted the band's help in convincing the Maryland General Assembly, the state legislature, to approve funding for a new football stadium.1