Lawmakers need to “conjure up some more courage” and increase Maryland’s gas tax, according to testimony heard Wednesday in the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee.
Proposing a fixed gas tax increase has been unpopular among lawmakers for over a decade. That sentiment apparently hasn’t changed for a bill that would tie tax rates to the price of gas, but limit fuel tax increases by 2 cents per quarter.
SEX OFFENDERS: The House of Delegates gave preliminary approval to two major bills concerning sex offenders, writes Annie Linskey for The Sun’s Maryland Politics blog. While bills passing through both the House and Senate are in place to strengthen sex offender laws,...
What happens to property owners who don’t pay their water bills? For most people, it means no bathing, because the local government shuts off service. But that apparently isn’t always the case in Baltimore City, where Sen. Jim Brochin was trying to pass a bill to make it harder for counties to seize properties over delinquent water debt.
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