Federal Estate Tax Changes Could Cost States Billions, Study Warns

WASHINGTON – Maryland could save $250 million to 300 million over the next four years by “decoupling” its estate and inheritance taxes from federal estate taxes, which is currently being phased out

Officials Hope To Push Traffic Off the Roads and into Telecommuting Centers

BOWIE – Most days, Bowie resident Linda Smythe commutes an hour or more to her U

Don’t Pull the Plug on Electric Choice Yet, Public Service Commission Says

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s Public Service Commission chairman called efforts to abandon electric choice for residential customers “premature,” and said Thursday that the fairly new electric choice system needs at least an additional year to make progress

Business Leaders Give Maryland a Middling Grade for State’s Legal System

WASHINGTON – Executives of large public corporations gave Maryland a C for the “perceived fairness” of its litigation system, according to a survey released Tuesday

Mikulski, Sarbanes Sent Letters Questioning Restrictions on Accounting Firms

WASHINGTON – Maryland Democratic Sens

Maryland Lawmakers Got Thousands From Enron, Arthur Andersen in the ’90s

WASHINGTON – Maryland lawmakers got more than $79,000 in contributions from bankrupt energy giant Enron Corp

State’s Disability Rights Advocates Fear Fallout from High Court’s Ruling

WASHINGTON – Maryland advocates for the disabled fear that a recent Supreme Court ruling narrowing the Americans with Disabilities Act will make an already “very hostile climate” for disabled workers even more so