Wicomico County

This morning, Wicomico County State's Attorney Davis Ruark was sentenced to one year's probation for his February drunk driving arrest, The Daily Times reports.

Ruark was arrested in Ocean City on Feb. 22 for driving under the influence and possession of a loaded handgun, a charge which was dropped.

After a leave of absence and alcohol treatment, Ruark returned to work part-time in late March.

ANNAPOLIS- Sen. Richard Colburn (R-Cambridge) would likely have voted against deregulating the electricity industry in 1999 “knowing what he knows now,” according to Jessica Stewart, the senator’s chief of staff.

Colburn, who voted for the 1999 bill, has received $7,615 in campaign contributions from the utility industry, the eighth highest among members of the current General Assembly, since deregulation, according to a report conducted by Progressive Maryland and Common Cause Maryland.

The senator chose not to comment when asked if the contributions created the appearance of impropriety or undue influence, as members of Progressive Maryland and Common Cause suggested.

Stewart said that if Colburn knew that electric rates would eventually be unfrozen, he “probably wouldn’t have voted” in favor of deregulation.