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Landmark plan to invest $1 billion in city schools delayed
The Baltimore SunA minority of lawmakers convinced the House of Delegates Wednesday to delay voting on a landmark plan to invest about $1 billion in building and replacing Baltimore schools. About 40 delegates, mostly Republicans, asked for another day to examine the...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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GOP delegates denounce gas tax increase
Hours before the House was scheduled to debate a proposed increase in gas taxes supported by Gov. Martin O'Malley, Republicans lawmakers excoriated the plan Wednesday as a $2 billion drain on taxpayers' wallets over the next six years. House Republicans...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Public Transportation, Baltimore County, Executive Branch, FBI
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Gas tax increase advances in House of Delegates
The House of Delegates turned back a series of amendments Wednesday night seeking to derail a transportation revenue bill backed by Gov. Martin O'Malley, a strong indication that Democratic leaders have enough votes to raise the state's gas tax for the...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Executive Branch, Inflation and Deflation, Regional Authority, Elections
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Advocates for legal marijuana take first steps
As the Maryland Senate voted Tuesday to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, advocates for legalizing the drug saw an opening move in a multiyear effort to make it completely legal. "I think the taboo has been lifted on talking about...
Tags: Baltimore County, Justice System, Robert A. Zirkin, Conservation, Prisons
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Assembly leaders back financing plan for $1 billion in city school construction
General Assembly leaders have agreed on a financing plan to allow Baltimore to spend nearly $1 billion on a sweeping program to replace and repair dilapidated school buildings over the next seven years.
House Speaker Michael E. Busch and Senate President...Tags: Lotteries, Annapolis, Maryland Stadium Authority, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Martin O'Malley
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Attorney for student who was suspended for gun-shaped pastry files appeal
An attorney for an Anne Arundel County 7-year-old suspended from school for nibbling a breakfast pastry into the shape of a pistol is seeking to have the student's record expunged, and said he plans to appeal to Maryland's highest court if necessary....Tags: Students, Justice System, Fox News Channel (tv network), Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, J.B. Jennings
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House committee approves gas tax increase
A House of Delegates committee approved a plan Monday to raise taxes on gasoline by 3.8 cents July 1 as part of broader revenue package to pay for transportation projects. The rise in the gas tax, which would be followed by more increases over the next...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Executive Branch, FBI, Maryland Department of Transportation, U.S. Congress
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Business, labor groups back gas tax increase
Representatives of business and labor groups urged Maryland lawmakers Friday to fall in line behind Gov. Martin O'Malley plan to raise taxes on gasoline to fund transportation projects. At a morning news conference in Lawyers Mall outside the State...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Martin O'Malley, Donald C. Fry, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail
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Top Democrats seek votes to raise gas taxes
With three weeks left in the General Assembly session, Gov. Martin O'Malley and legislative leaders have begun the painstaking process of rounding up the votes to raise taxes on gasoline — a move so unpopular it hasn't been done here since 1992....
Tags: Howard County, Executive Branch, FBI, Justice System, Republican Party
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House votes to repeal death penalty
The General Assembly voted to repeal the death penalty Friday, calling for an end to Maryland's 375-year history of capital punishment and joining a growing number of states outlawing the practice. After nearly two hours of impassioned debate, the House...
Tags: Executive Branch, Justice System, U.S. Supreme Court, Murder, Republican Party
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MPT's Davis gets singular Annapolis honor
Lou Davis, the dean of State House reporters, cracked the Annapolis equivalent of the "glass ceiling" Friday as he became the only journalist honored with a meal in his name at Chick & Ruth's deli of Main Street. Gov. Martin O'Malley and House Speaker...Tags: Annapolis, Foods and Beverages, Martin O'Malley, Sandwiches
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MIller says city schools plan being overhauled
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said Tuesday that legislative leaders are working to overhaul Baltimore’s proposal for a $2.4 billion plan to rebuild its crumbling school facilities in way that he’s “fairly confident”...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Andres Alonso
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