House wants to restore education cuts; GOP lawmakers offer their alternative budget with even more cuts; repeal of death penalty failing to find a footing; Miller says gay marriage could be dead for 2012; it’s Sunshine Week; with recent losses, state questions funding of Jockey Club; abortion protested in Annapolis; Frederick County wants slots; Ehrlich gets a DC job; and Johnson vows to fight charges.
Day: March 16, 2011
Delegates betting on expanded gambling for more state revenues
With a bleak economy, no new revenues coming in, and a reluctance to raise taxes, legislators are wagering that new gambling bills will help the state find more money. The House Ways and Means Committee spent all Tuesday afternoon listening to nine proposals to expand or modify gambling in the state, including allowing table games at slots casinos and permitting slots in every bar, tavern and veterans hall.
O’Malley wind-power bill gets Senate blow back
The O’Malley administration’s proposal to build off-shore wind turbines to generate electricity faced strong headwinds in the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday.
Senators spent almost 2½ hours grilling administration officials about the annual cost to consumers to finance the project and the plan to force utilities to buy the power through a 25-year contract. In his testimony on the bill, the governor himself got similar blow-back from delegates at a House hearing March 3.
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