Maryland officially drops MR language

From a section of The Baltimore Sun story about the end of the Maryland General Assembly session:

Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation April 14 giving the state eminent domain rights over the Preakness Stakes horse race, hours after the fast-tracked bill passed in the General Assembly.

The Democratic governor also approved bills expanding unemployment benefits
for part-time workers and conforming state law to federal rules intended to
guard against mortgage fraud and employment discrimination against women and
other workers. O'Malley said the theme of his first bill signing this year was the protection of working families.

Other bills signed yesterday replace "mental retardation" with "intellectual disability" in state code and rename state facilities to incorporate the more politically correct term, and require that flags displayed on state property be manufactured in the United States.