ANNAPOLIS – The slow pace and grinding over issues during this year’s Maryland General Assembly had some Eastern Shore delegates and senators calling the legislative session “unusual” and “frustrating
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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
Southern Maryland Claims Victory for Farmers
ANNAPOLIS – Southern Maryland lawmakers are claiming victory for their farmers at the close of the 1999 General Assembly session – a victory they said was only made possible by tremendous legislative compromises
Tobacco Tax Leaves Cloud Over Western Maryland Delegation
ANNAPOLIS – The passing of a 30-cent tax on tobacco clouded an otherwise successful legislative session for the Western Maryland delegation, legislators said Tuesday
92-year-old remembers the days of being the first Senate page
ANNAPOLIS – It’s 1932, and Thomas Columbus Edwards, then 24, is called to the podium by Maryland Senate President Walter J
Health Professionals Battle for Patient Access
ANNAPOLIS – Doctors are battling to keep their title as primary care physicians, while specialists and nurse practitioners plead with state legislators to give them more direct access to managed care patients
Maryland Corporations Get the Once Over — Lightly — by IRS Auditors
WASHINGTON – Almost 13,000 Maryland and Delaware tax returns were audited in 1998, putting those taxpayers through the often stressful ordeal of meeting Internal Revenue Service auditors face-to-face
Hired Hands,1,019
LAUREL – Olivia Jackson’s hands recorded every day of the 45 years she worked
Counties Snap Up Teacher Funds, Even Though Hiring Teachers Is No Snap
WASHINGTON – While school officials welcome the $17
UM Official Says He Will Not Seek Re-election in Face of Lobbying Controversy
ANNAPOLIS-The chairman of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents announced Friday that he will not stand for re-election in July partly because of accusations that he used his relationship with Gov