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O'Malley to appeal for gas tax
Gov. Martin O'Malley is expected to make a personal, perhaps quixotic pitch Wednesday for what could be the least popular proposal in Annapolis this year: raising the tax on gasoline.
The governor is scheduled to testify before House and Senate...Tags: Annapolis, State Income Tax, Government, Travel, Taxation
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Senators expecting special session May 14-15
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller has asked members of his Democratic caucus to set aside May 14 and 15 for what he hopes will be a two-days-and-out special session to revive a tax increase bill that died the last night of the regular session and...Tags: Annapolis, Government, James C. Rosapepe, Politics, Executive Branch
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Budget standoff broken, but no agreement yet
General Assembly negotiators broke a prolonged standoff over the state budget late Thursday as the Senate agreed to spare Marylanders making under $100,000 any income tax increase. The Senate proposal did not resolve the budget issues still facing the...Tags: State Income Tax, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Taxation, Howard County, Politics
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Major issues still on table as General Assembly hits home stretch
ANNAPOLIS - Legislation on the budget, a teacher pension shift, casino gambling, wind farming and transportation infrastructure funding all were in limbo Friday, as the General Assembly prepared to wrap up for 2012. With the legislative session set to...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Politics, Personal Income, Thomas Middleton, Interior Policy
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Ethics committee recommends Currie be censured
The General Assembly's joint ethics committee has recommended unanimously that the Senate censure Sen. Ulysses Currie, once a powerful committee chairman, for failing to disclose that he was being paid to represent a grocery chain before state agencies....Tags: Government, Fraud, Politics, Steny Hoyer, Anthony G. Brown
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Almost one-third of counties aren't meeting school funding requirements, state says
While Maryland has been ratcheting up aid to local school systems, state education officials say that seven counties aren't paying their share and are failing to fund schools this year at the minimum level required under state law. Education advocates...Tags: Politics, Schools, Prince George's County, Justice System, Public Schools
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Dems, GOP say new House seat in Howard is up for grabs
Both Democrats and Republicans in Howard County believe they have a chance to win a new seat in the House of Delegates proposed for the area around Ellicott City. The added seat comes as part of a state legislative redistricting map put forth this...Tags: Ellicott City, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Politics, Martin O'Malley
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A tax cut that could make sense
At an appearance before a business group in Howard County, state Sen. Edward Kasemeyer recently made a comment that he'd like to see Maryland's corporate tax rolled back from the current 8.25 percent by one-quarter of a percentage point per year for...Tags: Companies and Corporations, U.S. Senate, Taxation, Howard County, Politics
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Government
Howard County’s government operates a school system, a police department with more than 440 sworn officers, a fire department, a water and sewer system, a landfill and six branch libraries that enjoy one of the highest per-capita circulation rates...Tags: Annapolis, Maryland, Elijah E. Cummings, Politics, Howard County
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Dogs have a night out at Ellicott City bar's 'Yappy Hour'
Hagrid, a 9-year-old bichon frise, got to celebrate his birthday with a night out on the town for the first time this year. At the edge of the patio leading into Jilly's, a bar and grill in Ellicott City, Hagrid met Saba, a 4-month-old mixed breed who was...Tags: Judges, Human Interest, Lawyers, Politics, Howard County
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New York's lessons for Maryland on gay marriage
The passage late last month of a gay marriage bill in New York has renewed hope among advocates in Maryland who were disappointed by the narrow defeat of similar legislation here this year. New York's law doubled the number of people living in states...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Migration, Government, Justice and Rights, Politics
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Why pension staff let thief stay on job: 'Not in our purview'
Sun StaffIncredulous legislators grilled Maryland pension system executives yesterday about how they could have failed to get rid of a money manager who had been indicted for fraud. The money manager, Alan B. Bond, would go on to steal millions from the pension...Tags: Government, Wages and Pensions, Politics, Howard County, Interior Policy
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