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Slots supporters have the cash to back their cause
The horse-racing industry and gambling companies have pumped $3.8 million into a campaign to convince voters to approve slot machine gambling in Maryland, according to campaign finance documents released yesterday. Slots supporters have out-raised...Tags: Gaming and Lotteries, Lobbying, Tourism and Leisure, Cecil County, Voting
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Dixon supports slots
Promising that revenue from slots machines would provide a "significant and permanent reduction" in city property taxes, Mayor Sheila Dixon and other local elected officials yesterday urged city residents to vote for a November ballot measure to expand...Tags: Gaming and Lotteries, Casino and Gambling, Tourism and Leisure, Property Tax, Local Authority
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Budget cuts tied to slots
While the state BRACes for budget cuts that are expected to significantly impact bread-and-butter programs such as education and public safety, leading politicians are seizing the opportunity to talk about another hot topic - slot-machine gambling. Gov....Tags: Gaming and Lotteries, Government, Tourism and Leisure, Budgets and Budgeting, Tuition Planning Services
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Officials' rift central to slots contest
The animus between Comptroller Peter Franchot and Gov. Martin O'Malley is taking center stage in the Maryland slots contest, providing a lively sideshow to a years-old debate to be decided by voters next month. Campaigning against legalization of slots...Tags: Gaming and Lotteries, Government, Casino and Gambling, Tourism and Leisure, Regional Authority
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O'Malley: Furloughs possible if economy worsens
The Associated PressGov. Martin O'Malley said today more painful budget cuts -- including possible government furloughs -- could be needed later after next week's round of budget cuts, if the economy doesn't pick up. O'Malley said government furloughs and state reductions...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Government, Casino and Gambling, Laws, Tourism and Leisure
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O'Malley asks budget director to recommend cuts
The Associated PressGov. Martin O'Malley says he has asked his budget director to work with state agencies to develop spending cuts to deal with lowered revenue estimates. The governor's office issued a statement today saying O'Malley is expected to bring hundreds of...Tags: Regional Authority, Martin O'Malley, State Budgets, Government, Executive Branch
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Don't get your shorts in a bunch — visibly
The ladies who lunch at Petit Louis in Roland Park know enough to keep their undies to themselves. Same goes for the Harbor East crowd forking over hundreds for dinner at Charleston and the oenophiles tasting wines at nearby Cinghiale. Patrons of Pazo,...Tags: Harbor East, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Fells Point, National Football League
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Ehrlich voices opposition to slot-machine initiative
Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., a longtime slots advocate whose repeated failure to pass a gambling proposal defined his four-year term, indicated yesterday that he planned to vote against a slots referendum on the November ballot. Ehrlich, a...Tags: Government, Casino and Gambling, Tourism and Leisure, Public Finance, National Government
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Ad campaign targets uninsured residents
Gov. Martin O'Malley and Baltimore health advocates announced the launch yesterday of a $150,000 advertising campaign designed to let uninsured Baltimoreans know that thousands more of them are eligible for Medicaid. Under a law that went into effect...Tags: Government, Casino and Gambling, Medicaid, Tourism and Leisure, Pigtown
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Md. comptroller eases gasoline blend rules
Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot says he is allowing gasoline stations in the state to immediately sell a heavier blend of gasoline normally not allowed to be sold until after Oct. 1. The move is intended to increase the gasoline supply available for...Tags: Disasters, Petroleum Industry, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Meteorological Disasters
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Compliance board starts probe on Kopp, O'Malley pre-meetings
An independent compliance board has opened an investigation into meetings attended by Gov. Martin O'Malley and Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp before the Board of Public Works officially convenes. Comptroller Peter Franchot, the third member of the public board,...Tags: Lawyers, Martin O'Malley, Nancy K Kopp, Contracts, Government
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Miller letter takes on comptroller
A rift among Maryland's Democrats - with Comptroller Peter Franchot increasingly on the outs - became decidedly more public and bitter yesterday with a tartly worded missive from one of the party's standard-bearers. Senate President Thomas V. Mike...Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Employees, Government, Casino and Gambling, Tourism and Leisure
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