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Miller proposes local gas tax, leasing ICC
Baltimore and Maryland's counties could impose their own 5-cents-a-gallon tax on gas to pay for local roads and buses under a proposal by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller. Miller also proposed Thursday leasing a state toll highway to a private...
Tags: Transportation, Montgomery County (Maryland), Republican Party, Edward G. Rendell, Purple Line (Maryland)
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Mayor, Alonso to meet with state leaders on schools
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and city schools chief Andres Alonso are scheduled to travel to Annapolis Monday to meet with Gov. Martin O'Malley and top legislators on a $2.4 billion plan to rebuild Baltimore's aging public schools, the chairman of the...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Andres Alonso, Politics, Regional Authority, Martin O'Malley
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Mayor, Alonso meet governor, Busch, Miller
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and city schools chief executive Andres Alonso met with Gov. Martin O'Malley for about an hour and a quarter Monday evening as they made their rounds of Annapolis seeking support for Baltimore's $2.4 billion school...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Andres Alonso, Politics, Regional Authority, Martin O'Malley
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In Annapolis, College Park shooting becomes part of the debate
The murder-suicide that left two University of Maryland students dead provided fresh fodder in Annapolis Wednesday for lawmakers debating whether to tighten Maryland's gun laws, with supporters saying the tragic incident gave them new resolve while...
Tags: Interior Policy, Science and Technology, Old Dominion University, Politics, Shootings
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Miller reports progress on transportation revenue
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller reported progress in discussions with Gov. Martin O'Malley on the issue of raising money for roads, bridges and transit projects, saying the governor could submit legislation of his own to fund transportation....
Tags: Transportation, Road Transportation, Maryland Department of Transportation, Politics, Calvert County
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A wake-up call for Baltimore
It should come as no surprise that Baltimore City's long-term fiscal prospects are bad. The population has dropped by more than a third since its peak, poverty and unemployment are high, and the signs of disinvestment are everywhere. Meanwhile, the way...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Interior Policy, Kevin Kamenetz, Pension and Welfare, Finance
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School board expected to add Hoffman to construction effort
The Baltimore City school board is expected to sign off Tuesday on the hiring of former state Sen. Barbara A. Hoffman to work for General Assembly approval of its ambitious $2.4 billion plan to rebuild its deteriorating facilities over a 10-year period....Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Teaching and Learning, Finance, Barbara A Hoffman, Martin O'Malley
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Busch names panel on Baltimore area revitalization
House Speaker Michael E. Busch said Friday that he has created a work group of delegates to study strategies for economic revitalization of the Baltimore region. Busch said he has directed the nine-member panel to review existing programs and recommend...Tags: Baltimore County, Port of Baltimore
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Del. Hattie Harrison fondly remembered at funeral service
Family, friends and a host of elected officials celebrated the life of East Baltimore Del. Hattie N. Harrison at the West Baltimore United House of Prayer for All People, in a ceremony borne on the spirited rasps of trombones and rhythmic clattering of...
Tags: Heart Disease, Politics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bernard C. Young, Martin O'Malley
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State budget has no tax increases, limited spending, leaders say
Gov. Martin O'Malley unveiled Wednesday a budget that is "on the verge" of closing a budget gap that once stood at $2 billion. The governor emphasized the more than 40,000 jobs he expected his $37 billion operating and $3.7 billion capital budget to...
Tags: Employees, Science and Technology, Republican Party, Public Schools, Credit and Debt
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Campaign finance loophole may be plugged
Under Maryland law, there's a limit to how much money a citizen can donate to state political campaigns — $4,000 to a single candidate, $10,000 in total donations during a four-year election cycle. But some Marylanders are less limited than others....Tags: Harbor East, Baltimore County, Peter G. Angelos, Ocean City, Judges
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Thousands go to Annapolis for gun-control rally and hearing
Several thousand Marylanders went to Annapolis to voice their opinions on gun control Wednesday as the General Assembly began considering Gov. Martin O'Malley's sweeping proposal to impose new limits on the purchase of firearms. At a hearing before a...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy, Daniel Webster, Nancy Jacobs, Politics
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