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Gas tax could comew to vote in Senate
The Maryland Senate will take up a proposed increase in the state's gas tax Friday, and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller is expected to push it to a final vote before Sunday. According to Senate staff, Miller will try to bring the transportation...Tags: Maryland Department of Transportation, Martin O'Malley, Politics, Elections
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Senate panel OKs gas tax, constitutional amendment
The Baltimore SunThe proposal to raise Maryland's gas tax by as much as 20 cents per gallon cleared a Senate panel Thursday, sending the plan for a final vote as early as Friday. The Senate Budget and Taxation approved 9-4 a bill that increases gasoline taxes for the...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Politics, Elections
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Senate panel OKs Baltimore school construction bill
A Senate committee approved legislation Wednesday that would launch a $2.4 billion plan to rebuild aging Baltimore city schools, putting the measure on an apparent fast track toward final passage. The Budget & Taxation Committee cast a bipartisan 13-0...Tags: Andres Alonso, Martin O'Malley, Politics, Maryland Stadium Authority, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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House, Senate still at impasse on pit bull bill
Maryland's pit bulls remained in peril Wednesday as two legislators clashed over a lingering House-Senate impasse on a bill that would invalidate a court decision labeling the bill as inherently dangerous. Del. Luiz R. S. Simmons took advantage of a...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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Ravens, Lombardi Trophy head to State House
The Baltimore SunThe Lombardi Trophy will make its first public appearance in Maryland since the Super Bowl parade when some Ravens players visit the Maryland State House Thursday. Lawmakers will honor the Super Bowl Champions with a resolution presented to team...Tags: Torrey Smith, Football, U.S. Congress, Super Bowl, Sports
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Easter a time to renew — and for renewable wind energy
Easter's message of hope and new life is a universal and much-needed one throughout the world, but particularly for Marylanders this year as we celebrate the passage of the offshore wind bill by the Maryland General Assembly. I'm filled with thanks to...Tags: Environmental Issues, Anglicanism, Martin O'Malley, Wind Power, Renewable Energy
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Gas tax a backroom deal
Michael Dresser's article, "Gasoline tax increase advances" (March 21) says that this absurd and ridiculous plan to raise gas taxes is "the result of painstaking behind-the-scenes negotiations among [Gov. Martin] O'Malley, Senate President Thomas V....
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House approves higher gas tax, sending bill to Senate
The House of Delegates voted Friday to raise taxes on gasoline for the first time since 1992, heeding Gov. Martin O'Malley's call for an infusion of money to pay for roads, mass transit and other transportation priorities. House passage, by an unofficial...
Tags: Travel, Transportation, Petroleum Industry, Prince George's County, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Gas tax plan must be stopped
Taxpayers in Maryland must pay to the MOB — Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Gov. Martin O'Malley and House Speaker Michael E. Busch. Their expertise is the legal extortion of the state's taxpayers. Since Governor O'Malley took office,...
Tags: Purple Line (Maryland), Martin O'Malley, Baltimore Red Line, Politics, Consumer Confidence
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House committee passes school construction bill
With bipartisan help from sympathetic lawmakers, Baltimore won a House committee's approval Tuesday for a $1 billion plan to replace and repair old schools. The Appropriations Committee voted 21-3 to send the plan to the House floor. Senate President...
Tags: Andres Alonso, Justice System, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Politics, Baltimore County
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Landmark plan to invest $1 billion in city schools delayed
The Baltimore SunA minority of lawmakers convinced the House of Delegates Wednesday to delay voting on a landmark plan to invest about $1 billion in building and replacing Baltimore schools. About 40 delegates, mostly Republicans, asked for another day to examine the...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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GOP delegates denounce gas tax increase
Hours before the House was scheduled to debate a proposed increase in gas taxes supported by Gov. Martin O'Malley, Republicans lawmakers excoriated the plan Wednesday as a $2 billion drain on taxpayers' wallets over the next six years. House Republicans...Tags: Republican Party, Travel, Transportation, Petroleum Industry, Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland)
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