Maryland

Counties’ Lawmakers Prioritize Issues as Assembly Opens

ANNAPOLIS – Tax cuts, state aid to schools, gambling and public safety are the key issues for Harford and Baltimore county legislators as the 1997 General Assembly opens its 90-day session

Student Loan Default Rate Drops

WASHINGTON – Fewer college students defaulted on federal loans in 1994 than in any year since 1986, when the rate was first recorded, according to a report released Thursday by the U

Tax, PAX Top Agenda for Southern Maryland Delegation

ANNAPOLIS – Funding a state income tax cut and bolstering roads, schools and housing to cope with the expected influx at Patuxent River Naval Air Station topped the Southern Maryland delegation’s agenda at Wednesday’s General Assembly opening

Eastern Shore Lawmakers Promise Tax Cuts, Economic Development

ANNAPOLIS – Eastern Shore lawmakers Wednesday cited income tax cuts, economic development and aiding the state’s horse racing industry as the most pressing issues they face in a new session of the state legislature

Howard County Delegation Ready for ’97 Session

ANNAPOLIS – Key Howard County lawmakers said as the General Assembly session opened Wednesday that they would support an income tax cut this year, as long as it doesn’t require a sales tax increase

General Assembly opens with talks of taxes, budget

ANNAPOLIS – Taxes became the talk of the Statehouse when the General Assembly opened Wednesday

Education Funds, Tax Cuts Top D.C. Suburbs’ Legislative Agenda

ANNAPOLIS – Tax cuts and education funding dominated discussion among legislators from the Washington, D

Morella Votes Present on Speaker Matter, Avoids Taking Position

WASHINGTON – Calling her decision “intense and agonizing,” Rep

Editors: Hold for release for Sunday, Dec. 22, and after.

WASHINGTON – Commuters are more likely to get hurt on and around Baltimore’s subway than on any other heavy-rail system in the country, according to an analysis of five years of system reports