BALTIMORE – It takes a big problem — in this case a big divide — to bring out the big shots
Maryland
House Cuts $500 Million from Budget, After OK’ing Higher Taxes Over Weekend
ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates voted mostly along party lines Tuesday to cut $500 million from next year’s budget, freezing aid to local school systems and eliminating 750 vacant state jobs, among other cuts
Hospitals Ban Tobacco — Indoors and Out
BETHESDA – Visitors to Montgomery and Frederick County hospitals might want to leave their tin of dip and pack of cigarettes at home starting Thursday
House Wrangles Into the Night Over Proposed $1.4 Billion Tax Plan
ANNAPOLIS – A House committee Saturday approved an overhaul of Maryland’s tax structure that would bring in $1
Senate Sneaks Out Tax Bill, Now Waits for House Action
ANNAPOLIS – The Senate narrowly swatted away a Republican-led filibuster Friday, then passed a tax plan that will collect over a $1 billion of new revenues by a one-vote margin
House Committee OKs Chesapeake Clean-up Fund, With an Eye Toward Senate Bill
ANNAPOLIS – A House committee Friday approved a bill that would pay for waterway restoration programs, but stripped out a plan to fund the measure with a development tax
Edwards, Wynn Face Off on Bankruptcy, Corporate Donors
SILVER SPRING – Challenger Donna Edwards blasted Rep
House Committee Opts for Higher Business Taxes, Lower Income Tax Rate
ANNAPOLIS – The House Ways and Means Committee voted Friday to add three new brackets to the personal income tax structure and increase the corporate income tax to 8
^Push for Greater Budget Openness Unlikely to Survive Budget Special Session
ANNAPOLIS – While lawmakers busy themselves with tax and spending bills that involve hundreds of millions of dollars, one little-noticed proposal aims to help citizens better track government spending
^Report Says State Parks in Crisis, But Could Easily Improve
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland State Parks are experiencing crumbling infrastructure, shuttered visitor’s centers and rising crime after recent funding cuts, but could become one of the top systems in the country with just a small funding increase