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Senate panel approves income tax increase
Determined to avoid deep cuts to state spending, a Senate committee voted Thursday to approve an increase of roughly one-quarter of a percent in Maryland's income tax rate and to shift part of the state's teacher pension costs to the counties, though at a...Tags: Teachers, David Brinkley, Dorchester County, State Income Tax, Frederick County (Maryland)
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Assembly still hasn't passed a budget
Pushing legislative brinkmanship to its limits, the General Assembly will go into the last scheduled day of its 90-day session Monday without an agreement on the one thing it must get done under Maryland's Constitution: pass a balanced budget. Most...Tags: State Income Tax, Gambling, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Budgets and Budgeting, Annapolis
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Gas leasing in Western Maryland spurs calls for reform
— The first natural gas well has yet to be drilled into the Marcellus shale deposits underlying Western Maryland, but ripples already are being felt here from an industry that has brought wealth — and controversy — in neighboring...Tags: Lawyers, Douglas F. Gansler, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Real Estate Agents, Allegany County
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General Assembly: Please, please buy Rocky Gap
After failing twice to attract a developer to transform the debt-ridden Rocky Gap Lodge into a profit-generating slot machine palace, Maryland lawmakers are considering a new package of financial incentives that would erase millions of dollars in fees and...Tags: Gambling, Donald C. Fry, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Finance, Homes
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Patronage endures, even in hard times
Baltimore Sun reportersState lawmakers, using a system of patronage that persists in Annapolis despite tight budgetary times, are seeking to direct hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to projects at nonprofit organizations they help run. In Baltimore, Del. Hattie N....Tags: Building Material, Somerville, Frederick County (Maryland), Minority Groups, Baltimore County
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Environmental safeguards put brakes on boom
sun reporterDavid Hill's forehead is gashed, his fingernails are caked with grease, the outline of a Copenhagen tobacco tin is traced in filth on the pocket of his mud-drenched T-shirt - and he couldn't be happier, because he is drilling another well. "It's a real...Tags: Nature, Wildlife, Executive Branch, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Metal and Mineral
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George Michael: Hardball in Annapolis
Politics, some say, is the art of compromise, with all of its “give and take.” We are told that you can’t always get the whole loaf but must learn how to get at least half a loaf. Local pundits often criticize our county legislators...Tags: Minority Groups, Executive Branch, Annapolis, Civil Rights, Family
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Education, prisons, pensions were on local lawmakers' agendas
andrews@herald-mail.comWashington County’s state legislators pursued some lofty but unattainable goals this year, along with several more grounded ideas that succeeded. Sen. George C. Edwards and Del. John P. Donoghue each won a share of the state’s capital...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Korean War (1950-1953), University System of Maryland, Executive Branch, Christopher B. Shank
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County's legislative work mostly wrapped up, budget isn't as session draws to close
andrews@herald-mail.comAs the Maryland General Assembly’s session nears an end, much of Washington County’s business has been sewn up. The county delegation’s signature bill — establishing stricter financial accountability for the Washington County...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Korean War (1950-1953), University System of Maryland, Christopher B. Shank, Kevin C. Kelly
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State lawmakers differ on necessity of special session
andrews@herald-mail.comState lawmakers representing Washington County suspect they’ll be called back to Annapolis for a special session on budget matters. But they say three months should have been enough for the legislature to finish its work. It should never have...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Annapolis, Christopher B. Shank, Michael E. Busch
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Joint vote advances Maryland same-sex marriage bill
andrews@herald-mail.comThe newest attempt to legalize marriage in Maryland for gay couples advanced a step on Tuesday — Valentine’s Day — as two committees voted to send a bill to the full House of Delegates. The Judiciary Committee and the Health and...Tags: Referenda, Christopher B. Shank, Family, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage
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Letters to the Editor - Dec. 31
David Limbaugh undeserving of attack To the editor: On Monday, Dec. 26, this newspaper published a letter to the editor entitled “Is David Limbaugh a 21st-century Westbrook Pegler?” Its writer, Russell Williams, states that Limbaugh...Tags: The New York Times, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Ron Young, University of Missouri , Democratic Party
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