Retailers scramble to get ready for the new alcohol tax hike; allowing wine shipping among other new laws to take effect tomorrow; DREAM Act won’t be among them however; Ruppersberger backs merger of AT&T and T-Mobile; and Anne Arundel government, schools split on gay partner benefits.
Day: June 30, 2011
Restaurants, bars, liquor stores get ready to start collecting new alcohol tax on Friday
Maryland’s restaurateurs, bar and tavern owners, liquor store operators and point-of-sale system programmers have spent the last couple of weeks scrambling to get ready to collect the state’s new 9% tax on alcohol, which goes into effect on Friday.
New business group wants Maryland blueprint for private sector jobs
Commercial banker John Delaney says, “I’d like to see the federal government spend as much money as possible here” in Maryland, but “I’m not sure it’s realistic.”
With the country’s deficit problem, cuts are more likely and the state’s economy is “more vulnerable because of the reliance on federal spending,” Delaney said.
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