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Day: November 7, 2011
Ex-Supreme Court justice calls Md. redistricting “outrageously unconstitutional”
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling Maryland’s recent congressional redistricting “outrageously unconstitutional,” and says that his inability to persuade the other justices to overturn partisan gerrymandering like it was “one of my major disappointments in my entire career.”
State Roundup, November 7, 2011
Comptroller Franchot says collecting online sales tax would be difficult; state Sen. Miller asks O’Malley to delay implementing PlanMaryland until he reviews; huge oyster die-off in upper Bay; Maryland is not business unfriendly after all; U.S. Rep. Van Hollen on supercommittee dealings; U.S. Rep. Harris takes advantage of privately funded junkets; U.S. Sen. Cardin kicks off campaign; and Frederick County budget cuts protested.
Taxing online sales likely brings more hassle than revenues, Franchot study says
While passing state legislation taxing online merchandise has the possibility of netting Maryland up to $40 million in additional revenues, Comptroller Peter Franchot said in a study released Friday that it would more likely raise much less and embroil the state in a long legal battle.
Miller time: The Senate president and his wife’s wildest dreams
Senate President Mike Miller is always a source of provocative quotes. And so he was at Thursday’s Maryland Chamber of Commerce policy conference in Cambridge. As usual, he led off with some amusing stories. Some of them might even be true.
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