Maryland

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

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

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

ANNAPOLIS – A Senate committee gave preliminary approval Tuesday to Gov

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

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ANNAPOLIS – A Senate committee Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a plan to legalize slot machines in Maryland, paving the way for the full Senate to take up the issue as early as Wednesday

ANNAPOLIS – An unlikely alliance of tattoo artists and interior designers testified Saturday against a proposal to extend the sales tax to their services, one of dozens of revenue-generating bills heard by a House committee

ANNAPOLIS – Dozens of Western Marylanders testified Saturday against a bill that would turn local regulation of tip-jar gaming over to the state, a plan they called insulting and “a slap in the face

ANNAPOLIS – Farmers, sportsmen, environmentalists — even some development groups — testified Friday in support of a bill that would create a “Green Fund” dedicated to Chesapeake Bay restoration with money raised by development taxes