Electric Utilities’ Campaign Contributions Pay Off

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s three most powerful politicians accepted at least $158,650 in campaign contributions and donations from companies with a strong interest in the electric deregulation legislation that passed this year

600,000 People Filed Taxes on Last Day

ANNAPOLIS – Some 600,000 Marylanders filed their federal and state tax returns Thursday – the last day to file without penalties

Tax Break for Holocaust Victims Signed into Law

ANNAPOLIS – Backers of successful legislation to give Holocaust victims and their families a one-time tax break on recovered World War II assets celebrated the bill’s signing Tuesday with a moment of silence led by Gov

Bill Gives Sales Tax Break For POW Flags

ANNAPOLIS — A bill exempting purchases of prisoner-of-war flags from Maryland’s 5 percent sales tax will be debated in a Senate hearing Thursday

Schaefer Supports Tax-Free Week

ANNAPOLIS – Comptroller William Donald Schaefer — the head of Maryland’s tax-collecting agency — said Monday that he supports a bill suspending the sales tax on purchases of clothing and lodging for one week

Electric Deregulation Disturbs Environmentalists

ANNAPOLIS — The Senate Finance Committee may have thought it was in the clear Friday when it passed a bill opening Maryland’s electric market to competition, but Maryland’s Secretary of the Environment said Monday that the Senate bill falls short on protecting air and water quality

Tobacco Tax Survives Changes in House

ANNAPOLIS — Gov

House Approves Holocaust Victim Tax Break

ANNAPOLIS Without debate, the House of Delegates unanimously passed a bill Tuesday morning to give Holocaust victims a one-time tax break on money received from settlements with Swiss and German banks

Schaefer Supported Glendening’s Campaign; Now Spars With Him

ANNAPOLIS- Comptroller William Donald Schaefer and Gov

Electric Deregulation Bills To Dominate Hearing

ANNAPOLIS- Electric deregulation will be the buzzword in the Statehouse today as the first round of bill hearings begins with a joint meeting of the Senate Finance and House Environmental Matters Committees