By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Republican Sen. Andy Harris is refusing to fire his chief of staff Kathy Szeliga, as Democratic Senate President Mike Miller told him he should. Szeliga is also not planning to stop her unofficial campaign for the House of...
Day: February 18, 2010
Push for millionaire’s tax appears unlikely to succeed
By Erich Wagner Erich@MarylandReporter.com Some lawmakers want to keep Maryland millionaires paying an extra income tax surcharge set to expire in December, but the idea has run into heavy bipartisan opposition in both the House and Senate. A Senate bill filed this...
Bills would strip governor of Senate appointment power
By Erich Wagner Erich@MarylandReporter.com Lawmakers are trying to the power of Maryland's governor to appoint U.S. senators in the wake of three high-profile vacancies in other states since the last national election, but they have different ideas about how to make...
State Roundup Feb. 18, 2010
LAWMAKER PENSIONS: State senators defeated an attempt by Sen Andy Harris to alter their pensions and reduce their pay, reports The Associated Press. WBAL has audio of part of the testy exchange between Republican Senator Andy Harris and Democratic Senator Richard...
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