Because of lower-than-expected income tax revenues, the Board of Revenue Estimates lowered Maryland’s projected revenues for the coming year by $80 million, and Comptroller Peter Franchot warned against any policies that would impact individual taxpayers.
Day: March 7, 2012
Bill would close loopholes in referendum law
With the state’s referendum laws in the spotlight for the first time in two decades, some legislators hope to close weaknesses in the referendum process that can open the door to fraud.
The House Ways and Means Committee heard testimony on a bill Wednesday that would adopt several measures implemented in other states to help ensure the validity of referendum petitions. We’ve got a story and a podcast.
State Roundup, March 7, 2012
With a “doomsday” budget scenario looming, House and Senate Democrats are in a standoff over how to handle it; O’Malley, environmentalists push fracking fee to pay for study; sides begin to line up over federal judge’s ruling on Maryland gun requirement; federal judge dismisses challenge to state’s redistricting plan; O’Malley may issue clemency in two cases; and, after a no-confidence vote, police union calls for Anne Arundel County Exec Leopold and police chief to resign.
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