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Thousands rally in support of Baltimore schools
Supporters of a $2.4 billion plan to rebuild Baltimore's crumbling schools made a show of support in Annapolis on Monday night as thousands of people staged a loud, festive rally outside the State House to urge passage of legislation to launch the...
Tags: Executive Branch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Annapolis, Anthony G. Brown, Roland Park
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Porcari to speak to House Democrats on transportation
A former Maryland transportation secretary who went on to become the No. 2 official in the Obama administration's Transportation Department, will return to his home state Tuesday to meet with Democrats in the House of Delegates about the touchy issue of...Tags: Executive Branch, Annapolis, Government
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General Assembly approves gas tax hike
The Maryland General Assembly gave final approval Friday to Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed gas tax increase, raising costs for motorists while providing an infusion of hundreds of millions of dollars a year for new roads and mass transit projects. The...
Tags: Virginia General Assembly, Public Transportation, Government, E.J. Pipkin, Traffic
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City schools construction bill clears Senate
In a long-sought victory for Baltimore, the Maryland Senate approved a $1 billion financing plan Friday for an unprecedented systemwide drive to rebuild and renovate the city's crumbling school buildings. The measure passed easily on a bipartisan vote of...
Tags: Edward R. Reilly, Government, Nancy Jacobs, E.J. Pipkin, Christopher B. Shank
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Gas tax could comew to vote in Senate
The Maryland Senate will take up a proposed increase in the state's gas tax Friday, and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller is expected to push it to a final vote before Sunday. According to Senate staff, Miller will try to bring the transportation...Tags: Maryland Department of Transportation, Elections, Martin O'Malley
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Senate panel OKs gas tax, constitutional amendment
The Baltimore SunThe proposal to raise Maryland's gas tax by as much as 20 cents per gallon cleared a Senate panel Thursday, sending the plan for a final vote as early as Friday. The Senate Budget and Taxation approved 9-4 a bill that increases gasoline taxes for the...Tags: Elections, Martin O'Malley
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Senate panel OKs Baltimore school construction bill
A Senate committee approved legislation Wednesday that would launch a $2.4 billion plan to rebuild aging Baltimore city schools, putting the measure on an apparent fast track toward final passage. The Budget & Taxation Committee cast a bipartisan 13-0...Tags: Maryland Stadium Authority, Executive Branch, Government, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Andres Alonso
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House, Senate still at impasse on pit bull bill
Maryland's pit bulls remained in peril Wednesday as two legislators clashed over a lingering House-Senate impasse on a bill that would invalidate a court decision labeling the bill as inherently dangerous. Del. Luiz R. S. Simmons took advantage of a...Tags: Justice System, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Ravens, Lombardi Trophy head to State House
The Baltimore SunThe Lombardi Trophy will make its first public appearance in Maryland since the Super Bowl parade when some Ravens players visit the Maryland State House Thursday. Lawmakers will honor the Super Bowl Champions with a resolution presented to team...Tags: Torrey Smith, Super Bowl, Football, U.S. Congress
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Easter a time to renew — and for renewable wind energy
Easter's message of hope and new life is a universal and much-needed one throughout the world, but particularly for Marylanders this year as we celebrate the passage of the offshore wind bill by the Maryland General Assembly. I'm filled with thanks to...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Renewable Energy, Catherine E. Pugh, Alternative Energy, Wind Power
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Gas tax a backroom deal
Michael Dresser's article, "Gasoline tax increase advances" (March 21) says that this absurd and ridiculous plan to raise gas taxes is "the result of painstaking behind-the-scenes negotiations among [Gov. Martin] O'Malley, Senate President Thomas V....
Tags: Martin O'Malley
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House approves higher gas tax, sending bill to Senate
The House of Delegates voted Friday to raise taxes on gasoline for the first time since 1992, heeding Gov. Martin O'Malley's call for an infusion of money to pay for roads, mass transit and other transportation priorities. House passage, by an unofficial...
Tags: Public Transportation, FBI, Calvert County, Prince George's County, Transportation
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