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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: Regional Authority, Politics, Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland), Petroleum Industry, Public Transportation
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Gas tax increase advances in House of Delegates
The House of Delegates turned back a series of amendments Wednesday night seeking to derail a transportation revenue bill backed by Gov. Martin O'Malley, a strong indication that Democratic leaders have enough votes to raise the state's gas tax for the...
Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Inflation and Deflation, Martin O'Malley, Petroleum Industry
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Advocates for legal marijuana take first steps
As the Maryland Senate voted Tuesday to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, advocates for legalizing the drug saw an opening move in a multiyear effort to make it completely legal. "I think the taboo has been lifted on talking about...
Tags: Politics, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Issues, Robert A. Zirkin
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Assembly leaders back financing plan for $1 billion in city school construction
General Assembly leaders have agreed on a financing plan to allow Baltimore to spend nearly $1 billion on a sweeping program to replace and repair dilapidated school buildings over the next seven years.
House Speaker Michael E. Busch and Senate President...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, Annapolis, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Attorney for student who was suspended for gun-shaped pastry files appeal
An attorney for an Anne Arundel County 7-year-old suspended from school for nibbling a breakfast pastry into the shape of a pistol is seeking to have the student's record expunged, and said he plans to appeal to Maryland's highest court if necessary....Tags: Students, Gun Control, Politics, Satellite and Cable Service, Glen Burnie
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House committee approves gas tax increase
A House of Delegates committee approved a plan Monday to raise taxes on gasoline by 3.8 cents July 1 as part of broader revenue package to pay for transportation projects. The rise in the gas tax, which would be followed by more increases over the next...
Tags: Politics, Petroleum Industry, Consumer Confidence, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Republican Party
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Business, labor groups back gas tax increase
Representatives of business and labor groups urged Maryland lawmakers Friday to fall in line behind Gov. Martin O'Malley plan to raise taxes on gasoline to fund transportation projects. At a morning news conference in Lawyers Mall outside the State...Tags: Baltimore Red Line, Politics, Martin O'Malley, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Port of Baltimore
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Top Democrats seek votes to raise gas taxes
With three weeks left in the General Assembly session, Gov. Martin O'Malley and legislative leaders have begun the painstaking process of rounding up the votes to raise taxes on gasoline — a move so unpopular it hasn't been done here since 1992....
Tags: Elections, Republican Party, Frederick County (Virginia), Baltimore Red Line, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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House votes to repeal death penalty
The General Assembly voted to repeal the death penalty Friday, calling for an end to Maryland's 375-year history of capital punishment and joining a growing number of states outlawing the practice. After nearly two hours of impassioned debate, the House...
Tags: Punishment, Jamin B. Raskin, Republican Party, Annapolis, Ethics
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MPT's Davis gets singular Annapolis honor
Lou Davis, the dean of State House reporters, cracked the Annapolis equivalent of the "glass ceiling" Friday as he became the only journalist honored with a meal in his name at Chick & Ruth's deli of Main Street. Gov. Martin O'Malley and House Speaker...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Martin O'Malley, Annapolis, Sandwiches, Human Interest
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MIller says city schools plan being overhauled
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said Tuesday that legislative leaders are working to overhaul Baltimore’s proposal for a $2.4 billion plan to rebuild its crumbling school facilities in way that he’s “fairly confident”...Tags: Andres Alonso, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Assembly passes O'Malley's job training bill
The General Assembly has approved the governor's plan to distribute $2.5 million in state grants each year to train workers for high-demand industries. The House of Delegates voted 115-23 Tuesday to approve the program, the first piece of Gov. Martin O'...
Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Martin O'Malley, Career and Workplace
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