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Little of gambling bill revenue comes from expansion
The gambling expansion bill crafted by a House panel will yield an additional $174 million in state revenue in 2016-2017, but more than three-quarters of the money comes from a reform that could have been adopted without controversy had it been considered...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Politics, Gambling, Lifestyle and Leisure
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State auditors looking into homestead credit
State auditors are examining how well Maryland's assessments agency has managed the homestead property tax credit, a popular tax break for homeowners that has come under increased scrutiny since The Baltimore Sun revealed that hundreds of city owners were...Tags: Credit and Debt, Property Tax, Worcester County, Accounting and Auditing, Taxation
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Not-quite-casinos to stay open in Arundel, Calvert
CHESAPEAKE BEACH — Doug Raines likes to travel by boat to his favorite gambling spot. He ties up at a marina outside Abner's Crab House and finds a seat in the "game room," where he pumps cash into one of the establishment's 100 slotlike machines....
Tags: Justice System, Casino and Gambling Industry, Elections, Ocean City, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Five years is too many
Since 1794, the voters of Charm City have had the same political reality as most: a four-year ritual of choosing the most qualified mayoral and City Council candidates vying for their support, to serve a prescribed term understood by those very voters...
Tags: Minority Groups, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Lobbying, Voting, Local Elections
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ANALYSIS: Can IRS police both taxes and health care law?
WASHINGTON (AP)— Can the Internal Revenue Service police President Barack Obama's health care mandate while simultaneously collecting all the taxes for running the federal government? The question is being renewed in the wake of the Supreme Court's...
Tags: Charles W. Boustany, Jr., Justice System, Republican Party, Lawyers, Elections
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Tax credit errors spur calls for audits
City and state lawmakers called Monday for stepped-up scrutiny of property tax credit programs in Baltimore, after a Baltimore Sun investigation found that chronic errors have cost the city millions of dollars in lost revenue, despite warnings...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Property Tax, Justice System, Human Interest, Taxation
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Caesars says it's true to Baltimore
Executives of Caesars Entertainment, the leading bidder for a slots parlor in Baltimore, gave lawmakers explicit assurances Friday that their company will not abandon the city for Prince George's County if the General Assembly approves a casino there....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Justice System, Casino and Gambling Industry, Ocean City, Entertainment
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Slots commission rejects Landow's bid for Rocky Gap
Maryland's slots commission threw out a bid Friday by former state Democratic Party Chairman Nathan Landow to build a casino at Rocky Gap, leaving a single offer in play for the Western Maryland resort. The decision concerning one of Maryland's five...Tags: Allegany County, Economy, Business and Finance, Donald C. Fry, Rushern Baker, Finance
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O'Donnell tries to testify against tax increase bill
House Minority Leader Anthony J. O'Donnell staged a little political theater Monday as he attempted to testify against a tax-increase bill and was turned away by the chairwoman of the committee hearing the legislation. The occasion was a hearing on the...Tags: Sheila E., Montgomery County (Maryland), Politics
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Gubernatorial cycle the right time for Baltimore elections
The Baltimore City Election Change Coalition, a citywide coalition of nine organizations, supports changing the date of the Baltimore City primary election to coincide with the gubernatorial election cycle ("The right time for city elections," March 22)....Tags: Democratic Party, Government, Primaries, Public Officials, Elections
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House leaders to scrap Senate casino plan
With only three days remaining in the General Assembly's session, House leaders plan to scrap a Senate plan that would expand gambling in Maryland and write a substantially new bill — a move that could doom any effort to approve a sixth casino in...Tags: Howard County, Rushern Baker, Michael E. Busch, Prince George's County, Politics
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Maryland set to raise school attendance age to 18
Maryland is poised to join a growing number of states that are requiring students to stay in school until their 18th birthday, a shift that President Barack Obama urged during his State of the Union address in January.
A measure to raise the compulsory...Tags: National Government, Baltimore County, Students, John A. Olszewski, Sr., Teaching and Learning
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