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O'Malley delays 'alcopops' bill
Sun reporterGov. Martin O'Malley's chief lobbyist broke the news to public health advocates and anti-teen drinking crusaders Wednesday afternoon: The governor would sign a bill the next day ensuring that "alcopops" would continue to be taxed and distributed the...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Laws, State Budgets, Political Candidates, Regional Authority
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House kills 'tech tax'
Sun reportersMaryland'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,"...Tags: Parliament, Personal Income, Laws, National Government, State Budgets
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Computer tax battle quickly begets a lobby
Sun reporterWhen 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...Tags: Parliament, Economy, Laws, National Government, State Budgets
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Senate panel votes to repeal 'tech tax'
Sun reporterLegislators took a first step yesterday toward repealing Maryland's new computer services tax and replacing it with an income tax surcharge on millionaires, the most significant victory yet for business groups warning that the levy could destroy the...Tags: Small Businesses, Parliament, Personal Income, Laws, National Government
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Senate votes to repeal computer services tax
Sun reporterThe Maryland Senate voted last night to repeal the computer services tax and replace it with a combination of cuts and an income tax surcharge on millionaires. The 30-17 vote sends the repeal bill, backed by Gov. Martin O'Malley, to the House of...Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Parliament, Personal Income, Laws, National Government
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State, Constellation reach truce on rates
Sun reportersThe years-long dispute over whether consumers were shortchanged in a 1999 deal to deregulate the power industry ended yesterday with Constellation Energy Group and Gov. Martin O'Malley concluding that neither side could afford to keep fighting. The two...Tags: Energy and Resource Industries, Energy, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Energy KD, Brian K McHale
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Liquor lobby holds strong
Sun reportersMaryland's powerful liquor lobby is on track to achieve virtually all of its legislative priorities during this General Assembly session - despite opposition from the attorney general, the comptroller, public health advocates and hundreds of consumers....Tags: Tourism and Leisure Industry, Parliament, Casino and Gambling, Casino and Gambling Industry, Company Information
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Longtime adviser to Schaefer on finance matters
Sun reporterCharles L. Benton Jr., a close aide to Gov. William Donald Schaefer whose financial acumen helped make Baltimore's revival possible, died of pneumonia yesterday at Union Memorial Hospital. The longtime city resident was 91. Mr. Benton oversaw Baltimore's...Tags: Federal Hill, State Budgets, Linthicum, Macro Economics, College Park
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David Nitkin on state politics issues
BGE rates Bryan, Newark, Del.: Are the members of the state Senate and House worried about being voted out of office in November if they voted for deregulation? In Delaware, there is a strong effort to vote out anyone who voted for deregulation and...Tags: Energy and Resource Industries, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Parliament, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Kenneth D Schisler
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The '06 session: looking back
Sun ReporterThe young guns Dels. Dereck E. Davis of Prince George's County and Peter A. Hammen of Baltimore, the youngest committee chairmen in the legislature, got stuck with two of the toughest issues - BGE rate increases and stem-cell research, respectively. The...Tags: Newspapers, Employees, Research, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Kenneth D Schisler
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