Howard County Week in Review

Council Approves 'Historic' Bill Protecting Transgendered from Discrimination: Voting along party lines, with Democrats in the majority, the Howard County Council voted 4-1 to pass bail that will provide protection against discrimination to transgendered individuals, Columbia Patch reports.

: Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele met fundraisers and fellow conervatives at Rams Head Tavern in Savage Mill on Wednesday evening in support of U.S. Senate hopeful Dan Bongino. Savage-Guilford Patch was there.

: On Tuesday evening, the developer of a mixed-use project on Coca Cola Drive told the Greater Elkridge Community Association that his company is against a proposal by CSX and Maryland Department of Transportation to put a large-scale train-truck depot in Hanover. Elkridge Patch has more.

Inside Virginia Tech: : Virginia Tech was the scene of another shooting this week and Ellicott City Patch obtained a video from someone on the scene who witnessed armed guards initiating a lockdown on campus.

Friends, Family Remember Slain Child, Ask for Answers: On what would have been his fourth birthday, Elijah LaJeuness was remembered by friends and family members at a graveside ceremony. Elijah's April 2011 death was ruled a homicide, but no arrests have been made. Read more on Columbia Patch.