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

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

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

General Assembly opens with talks of taxes, budget

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

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

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

Morella Votes Present on Speaker Matter, Avoids Taking Position

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

Ballot Access Reform Will Again Come Before General Assembly

ANNAPOLIS — Another effort to reform ballot access is headed for the Legislature during the upcoming session

Md. Voter Data Show Independent and Third-Party Gains

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland voters are increasingly rejecting the two major parties when registering and are more willing to vote for minor parties at the polls, State Administrative Board of Election Law data show

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

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

WASHINGTON – A light rail line to Glen Burnie and a bus or rail line connecting Silver Spring to Bethesda are among the improvements to public transit being considered for the Baltimore-Washington region