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Senate Could Finish Work Thursday, Amid Complaints About Pace of Debate

ANNAPOLIS – Senate leaders vowed final votes by Thursday evening on bills to legalize slot machines and raise hundreds of millions in new taxes, one day after the bills were first brought to the Senate floor

Committee OKs Bulk of Health Insurance Expansion, Sends Bill to Full Senate

ANNAPOLIS – A Senate committee gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a $200 million health care expansion, after striking a key provision that would have helped small-business owners pay for health insurance they currently offer

Bush Water Project Veto Appears Doomed

WASHINGTON – The Senate is poised to override President Bush’s veto of a $23

Study: For Today’s College Students, Most Politics is Local

WASHINGTON – Students are acting locally — even if they aren’t thinking globally

Groups Say They Never Had Chance to Protest Proposed Sales Tax Expansion

ANNAPOLIS – Landscapers, computer businesses and arcades said they first learned of a proposal to extend the sales tax to their services Tuesday night — the same night a Senate committee was adding those businesses to an administration tax bill

^Groups Say They Never Had Chance to Protest Proposed Sales Tax Expansion

ANNAPOLIS – Landscapers, computer businesses and arcades said they first learned of a proposal to extend the sales tax to their services Tuesday night — the same night a Senate committee was adding those businesses to an administration tax bill

Lawmakers Hear Series of Proposed Budget Cuts That Would Save $761 Million

ANNAPOLIS – Fiscal analysts presented a possible $761 million in budget cuts to House members Tuesday, including unpopular proposals to eliminate 2 percent cost-of-living raises for state workers and cutting funding for 750 vacant state jobs

Committee Gives Preliminary OK to Expanded Version of O’Malley Tax Plan

ANNAPOLIS – A Senate committee gave preliminary approval Tuesday to Gov

House Clears Path to Citizenship for Immigrants in Military

WASHINGTON – The House passed legislation Tuesday that would make it easier for immigrants serving in the military to become American citizens

Upper Marlboro Soldier Rests at Arlington

CAPITOL HEIGHTS – Staff Sgt