A proposal to provide tax credits to businesses that contribute to scholarship programs at private schools faces an uncertain fate in the House after it passed the Senate 30 to 17 Wednesday.
The Building Opportunities for All Students and Teachers in Maryland tax credit (BOAST) was scheduled for a hearing in the House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday afternoon.
Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposal to reward companies for hiring workers off unemployment rolls emerged unscathed after attempts to alter the bill on the House floor Wednesday.
Republicans tried to resurrect changes that were rejected when the bill was in the House Ways and Means Committee. One would have required employers to use the federal E-Verify program to ensure that new hires are lawfully present, and another would have heavily altered the bill to work as a cut in the corporate income tax rate.
Today we've got renewed coverage of sex offender bills, slots discussion heats up as the state considers rebidding Rocky Gap and the legal battle over slots at Arundel Mills continues. And Bob Ehrlich tests out a possible campaign message. SEX OFFENDERS: The Senate...
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