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Maryland Senate votes to tax the rich
The state Senate voted Thursday to significantly raise taxes on Marylanders earning half a million dollars or more — prompting complaints that liberals were bent on launching class warfare in the state. The Senate's vote to adopt what is being...Tags: Executive Branch, Karl Marx, Calvert County, Prince George's County, Income Tax
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Miller says outlook on septic bill is 'dicey'
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said this afternoon that the governor's bill to limit septic systems will face strong opposition from other Democrats when it is debated later this week. "It is going to be dicey, very dicey," Miller told reporters....Tags: Measles, Joan Carter Conway, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Executive Branch, Democratic Party
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Bill to shield professors from public records requests is withdrawn
A bill introduced in the General Assembly to shield professors at state universities from politics-driven public record requests has been withdrawn after its House sponsor concluded no new law was needed. The Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Colleges and Universities, Republican Party
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O'Malley bill to limit septic systems clears Senate
Gov. Martin O'Malley's bill to curb sprawl by limiting septic systems — a key piece of his legislative agenda — cleared the Maryland Senate Monday, albeit in a weakened form. The measure aims to slow the pace of development of the state's...Tags: Parties and Movements, Executive Branch, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Elections
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Mayor backs casino bill as debate moves to House of Delegates
A measure that would pave the way for a casino in Prince George's County picked up support Friday from Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, even as some city lawmakers raised concerns that it would take money away from the gambling venue planned near...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Starbucks Corp., Gambling, Parties and Movements, Companies and Corporations
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Senate approves budget with $500 million tax increase, sends to House
The state Senate approved a package of tax increases Thursday that would affect almost every Marylander in order to close a gap in the state's $35 billion spending plan. The vote on taxes was 26-20, with eight Democrats breaking ranks and voting red. The...Tags: Taxation, Personal Income, State Income Tax, Democratic Party, Karl Marx
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Senate weakens arsenic chicken-feed ban
State senators are scheduled to take a final vote today on whether to ban the use of arsenic in poultry feed, with proponents arguing it's needed to protect Marylanders and the Chesapeake Bay while Eastern Shore lawmakers contend it's unwarranted meddling...
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County Council member Lehman, Del. Frush pushing for disposable bag fee in Prince George's
Laurel's County Council member Mary Lehman and state Del. Barbara Frush are pushing for a law that would requirePrince George's Countyshoppers to pay a fee for disposable bags.
Both lawmakers, who are Democrats, say the bag fee is an environmental...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Prince George's County, Personal Income, Environmental Pollution, Democratic Party
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O'Malley may have fight on his hands over tax hikes
Maryland's 430th General Assembly session, which convened Jan. 11, promises more than a few tough votes in the coming weeks, because Gov. Martin O'Malley's agenda may call for raising the state's sales or gas taxes. A tax increase would generate the...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Thomas V. Mike Miller, News Media
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Senators turn away repeal of death penalty in Md.
Baltimore County senators rebuffed an effort to abolish Maryland's death penalty yesterday, persuading lawmakers instead to restrict when capital punishment can be used. The Senate's first full debate on the death penalty in more than three decades was...Tags: Lawyers, Ulysses Currie, J Lowell Stoltzfus, Regional Authority, Donald F Munson
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Narrow majority of Md. senators oppose repeal of death penalty, survey reveals
Gov. Martin O'Malley's push to end the death penalty in Maryland would probably fall short if a legislative vote were held today, even though the governor insisted yesterday that the repeal effort "has a real shot this year." A Baltimore Sun survey of...Tags: Lawyers, Ulysses Currie, Referenda, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), J Lowell Stoltzfus
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Key lawmakers question Md. execution process
The co-chairs of a Maryland regulatory committee warned Friday that a failed execution attempt in Ohio could be repeated here without mandatory medical training for executioners and raised concerns about the use of lethal drugs deemed too cruel for even...Tags: Animals, Euthanasia, Death Penalty, Credit and Debt, Prince George's County
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