Kumar P Barve

When Annapolis politicians decided to single out the computer services industry for a 6 percent sales tax last November, the move horrified the professional geek community but didn't elicit a murmur of protest from its lobbyists. That's because there...

Maryland's "tech tax" is dead. The House of Delegates passed a bill yesterday evening repealing the new sales tax on computer services, wiping the unpopular levy from the books before it could ever go into effect. "I'm looking forward to signing it,"...

The Maryland Senate approved an amendment yesterday that environmentalists and the O'Malley administration say would significantly weaken a bill designed to reduce global warming pollution. The Global Warming Solutions Act would require a 25 percent...

Gov. Martin O'Malley's bid to expand collection of DNA samples from criminal suspects is sparking intense debate in Annapolis, with black lawmakers so upset they walked out of a Democratic caucus meeting in protest. With objections from both ends of...

Gov. Martin O'Malley threw his support behind a growing effort to repeal a $200 million tax on computer services and suggested yesterday that Maryland's wealthiest residents ought to help make up the difference with a surcharge on their personal income...

The O'Malley administration is proposing to pare back a bill aimed at reducing global-warming pollution after Maryland industries warned that the legislation could put them out of business. Instead of requiring a 90 percent cut in greenhouse gases...

The NewPage paper mill in Western Maryland burns 1,400 tons of coal a day to transform rough logs into rivers of shiny white paper for glossy catalogues such as Pottery Barn and Williams-Sonoma. Another product: 1.9 million metric tons a year of carbon...

A bill that would bar elected officials from accepting campaign donations during special legislative sessions got a rough reception yesterday from lawmakers, who complained it was unnecessary and could be costly for them and their supporters. Del....

O'Malley administration officials said yesterday they don't yet know how they would achieve the governor's ambitious goal of cutting global-warming pollution by 90 percent by 2050. But representatives of Maryland's only steel mill, the Domino Sugar...

Gov. Martin O'Malley and his fellow Democrats in the state legislature brushed aside any concerns yesterday about his dismal approval ratings and voter discontent over tax increases approved during the November special session, saying that even if they...