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Howard County looking for another site to build apartments for homeless
Howard County will "most likely" drop its plans to build an apartment building for the chronically homeless at the site of the Beechcrest Mobile Home Park, in North Laurel, according to county spokesman Mark Miller. The Howard County Housing...
Tags: Nancy Jacobs, Parties and Movements, Ken Ulman, Annapolis, The Salvation Army
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O'Malley casino bill could get Senate vote Friday
brightcove.createExperiences(); The Maryland Senate prepared to take up the governor's gambling bill Friday as Senate PresidentThomas V. Mike Millerexpressed cautious optimism that the General Assembly will approve the measure by early next week. The...
Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Government, U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Woodrow Wilson
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Senate gives preliminary OK to casino bill
The Maryland Senate gave its preliminary approval Friday to Gov.Martin O'Malley's bill expanding casino gambling in the state after brushing aside more than a dozen amendments by large margins. The bill is expected to come up for a final vote in the...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Allegany County, Baltimore County, Elections, Democratic Party
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Senate passes gambling expansion bill
The Maryland Senate passed Gov.Martin O'Malley's gambling expansion bill on a 28-14 vote Friday, sending the legislation to a more closely divided House of Delegates when the General Assembly's special session continues Monday. Approval came in the early...
Tags: Executive Branch, Regional Authority, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Government, Parties and Movements
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State poised to cut Rocky Gap losses
After sinking millions of dollars into the dream of a world-class tourist destination in the mountains of Western Maryland, the state is poised to cut its losses and turn the Rocky Gap hotel and conference center over to a private company that plans to...
Tags: Conservation, Executive Branch, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, William Donald Schaefer, Golf
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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: Easter, Personal Income, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Garrett County, State Income Tax
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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: Frederick County (Maryland), Personal Income, Teaching and Learning, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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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: Environmental Politics, Public Officials, Justice System, Government, Lawyers
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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: Laws, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Lobbying, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Golf
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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, Minority Groups, Robert J. Garagiola, Ulysses Currie, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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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: Executive Branch, Photography, Government, Death, Natural Gas
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Md. General Assembly session reviewed
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comWashington County state lawmakers gathered Thursday night at a public forum to discuss the recently concluded session of the Maryland General Assembly and answer questions from the public. About 60 people showed up Thursday evening at the Hagerstown...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Gun Control, Maryland General Assembly, Saudi Arabia
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