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In their only scheduled debate on Baltimore television, the four Republican candidates for governor depicted Maryland as overtaxed and overspent under a Democratic administration, creating a climate in which businesses are fleeing to neighboring states.

The four Republican candidates focused their fire on the O'Malley administration and avoided criticizing each other as they met Saturday night in the first televised debate of this year's GOP primary contest.

The Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners unanimously gave its final approval Tuesday to the town's $15,967,773 budget for the 2015 fiscal year which begins July 1.

Laurel mayor keeps property tax flast for fiscal 2015 budget

With $50 million a year in county revenues on the line, the U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will hear a challenge to a Maryland court ruling that some taxes on out-of-state income are collected in violation of the Constitution.

Baltimore County Council approves annual budget, which emphasizes school construction.

Havre de Grace residents will be paying the same property tax rate for 2015 as they did this year, after the city council approved the rates Monday during the first meeting with three newly-elected council members.

Rejection of tea party candidates in latest GOP primary elections is instructive but is anyone in Maryland paying attention?

In this unusually eventful Howard County election season, the crowded field of state candidates was enough Saturday to fill three long tables with contenders for the county¿s 12 seats in the State House.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Charles Lollar wants to audit every tax bill and force state agency heads to "justify every penny they intend to spend."

Tax policy is getting dumbed down for the campaign trail in Maryland.

For all the talk on the campaign trail about O'Malley's fiscal legacy, there's surprisingly little focus on the biggest tax increase of his two terms.

As Maryland looks to re-energize its economy amid federal budget cuts and slow growth in the wake of the recession, the candidates vying to be the next governor each developed distinct plans for how to improve Maryland's business climate and promote job creation.

The state has started a new tax credit program designed to help make home ownership more affordable for working families, Housing and Community Development Secretary Raymond Skinner said Thursday.

It may not excite GOP primary voters (or her primary opponent), but Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman is doing the right thing to follow the tax cap to the letter.

Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman proposed a budget Thursday that includes a small decrease in property taxes and 20 more police officers.

A push by congressional Republicans Friday to increase pressure on the Obama White House over the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi has put Baltimore Rep. Elijah E. Cummings back on the job as one of the administration's leading defenders.

Aberdeen's administration is proposing a $14.1 million budget for fiscal year 2015, a 16 percent drop from fiscal year 2014.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan said Tuesday night that he would focus on controlling Maryland's spending before moving to roll back what he called the "40 consecutive tax increases" adopted under Gov. Martin O'Malley.

The hit television show "House of Cards" will stay in Maryland, even though state incentives offered to keep the Netflix series here came up millions short of what the producers wanted.

The online system went live Friday for developers of large apartment buildings, said William Voorhees, the city's director of revenue and tax analysis. The set-up, which will also be available for most other city credits by the end of the year, is designed to improve the accuracy of a credit award process that has been troubled by errors.

"House of cards" and the state of Maryland reached a deal late Friday that will keep the Netflix series in state to film Season 3.

'House of Cards' has viewed Maryland with an eye to the bottom line and the state should take the same hard look at film production tax credits

Havre de Grace's city council approved the annexation of the 244.4-acre Green, Ianniello and Patrone property, with the possibility of a future tax credit, Monday night.

As I watched Tuesday while the anchors on 'Fox & Friends' leveled unsubstantiated charges against Rep. Elijah Cummings as if they were facts, I couldn't help thinking how much more dangerous Sen. Joe McCarthy might have been in the 1950s if there had been a show like this to amplify his reckless allegations.