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Assembly fails to pass tax bill, adopts 'Doomsday' budget
The Maryland General Assembly's regular 90-day session ended in disarray Monday at midnight as legislators failed to approve an income tax measure to which their leaders had agreed.
The lack of action meant that a so-called "doomsday" budget —...Tags: Ethics, Same-Sex Marriage, Government, Cordish Cos., Condos and Houses
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Where budget is concerned, legislators failed us
Government budgets are frequently compared to household budgets; we have to live within our means, so government should be able to do the same. It’s an easy metaphor and as with most shallow generalizations, it is misguided. A government, for...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Heads of State, Government
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O'Malley takes some blame for budget fallout
Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday accepted some of the blame for the budget impasse that left the state with a spending plan that cuts about half a billion dollars from key Democratic priorities such as education. "We all hold blame," O'Malley, a...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Fox Broadcasting Company, Government, Politics, Michael E. Busch
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State lawmakers differ on necessity of special session
andrews@herald-mail.comState lawmakers representing Washington County suspect they’ll be called back to Annapolis for a special session on budget matters. But they say three months should have been enough for the legislature to finish its work. It should never have...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Ronald N. Young, George C. Edwards, Same-Sex Marriage, Pension and Welfare
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Maryland General Assembly special session would be costly for taxpayers
andrews@herald-mail.comIf, as expected, the Maryland General Assembly is called back for a special session, it could cost taxpayers more than $20,000 a day. That’s based on a comparison to a fall 2007 special session held to address the state’s budget deficit....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Jim Goff, Justice System, Republican Party, Maryland General Assembly
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Annapolis budget meltdown could sully leaders' reputations
Instead of the confetti, balloons and good will that typically mark the end of the General Assembly's 90-day session, the legislature adjourned Monday with a toxic mixture of anger and disbelief that the Democratic-controlled body gridlocked and was...Tags: Reviews, Same-Sex Marriage, Government, National Government, University System of Maryland
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Walter M. Baker, state senator
Former state Sen. Walter M. Baker, who had served in the legislature representing the upper Eastern Shore for more than two decades and also had been a Cecil County attorney, died Tuesday of complications from diabetes at Christiana Hospital in Delaware....Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Coca-Cola Co., Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Governor admires new college, police buildings
andrews@herald-mail.comUntil Monday, the last time Gov. Martin O’Malley spent so long in Hagerstown was 2008, when the Hub City was Maryland’s Capital for a Day. This time, O’Malley was back to pay tribute to workers who have died on the job, to tour...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Criminals, Memorial Day, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Government
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Md. Senate president says high gas prices make gas tax a tough sell
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller sounded doubtful Tuesday about the prospects for a gas tax increase, especially because of high gas prices and a proposed income-tax increase to balance the budget that lawmakers must consider. Miller, who...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Budgets and Budgeting, Justice System, Republican Party, Politics
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Senate to take up budget, taxes, pensions today
The Maryland Senate launches what is expected to be at least a three-day marathon today as it takes up the state budget for next year -- including its response to Gov. Martin O'Malley's call for an increase in income taxes. Senators will begin debating...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Taxation, Government, Personal Income, Pension and Welfare
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Md. governor pitches gas tax plan to lawmakers
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley warned Wednesday that failing to enact his gas-tax proposal could mean added costs to the state and more traffic congestion.
O’Malley, a Democrat, testified before committees in the House of Delegates and Senate,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Politics, Government, Americans for Prosperity
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Senate plows through budget, turning back GOP
The Maryland Senate spent Wednesday afternoon plowing through the state budget bill and a companion measure shifting part of the cost of teacher pensions from the state to the counties, turning back Republican attempts to amend the legislation. Late in...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Politics, Personal Income
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