Day: February 9, 2010

High cost of sales-tax exemption for textbooks might doom bill

Students would save money under a bill that would exempt textbooks from Maryland’s sales tax, but the pricey measure appears unlikely to move during a tight budget year.

Advocates had hoped to build on a law passed last year to increase competition in college textbook sales, which has has apparently reduced costs to students. Some neighboring states have tax exceptions for textbooks.

State Roundup 2-9-2010

SNOW BUSINESS: The State House is back in business after a break on Monday because of concern of bad roads, writes The Baltimore Sun's Annie Linskey. Yesterday government offices varied their hours because of the heavy snowfall, but the Court of Appeals and Court of...

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