The House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday scrutinized a plan for a referendum that could bring table games and a sixth licensed casino to Maryland. Key leaders expressed doubts about the financial sweeteners for casino operators in the bill which passed the Senate March 23.
Day: April 3, 2012
State Roundup, April 3, 2012
It’s Primary Election Day in Maryland and there’s lots of coverage on the GOP presidential race as well as the U.S. Senate and congressional races; in Annapolis news, Gov. O’Malley suggests raising the sales tax to dedicate funds to transportation; wind proponents rally; R&D tax credit proposal moves forward; harsher penalties proposed for cigarette smuggling; and 2nd in command at Arundel police department speaks with council on Leopold probe.
Flush tax increase makes up for raids of Bay Restoration Fund, some say
As the lid closes on the 2012 legislative session, lawmakers will likely double the flush tax from $30 to $60 to cover a projected $385 million shortfall in the Bay Restoration Fund, but some lawmakers say the tax hike aims to cover repeated raids on the fund that triggered a downgrade by Moody’s Investor Service 14 months ago.
Wind energy advocates encircle State House
It was an unusual sight Monday night as hundreds of people joined hands and encircled the State House to show support for wind power legislation. More than 400 turned out to push for final passage of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s offshore wind energy bill, which passed the House of Delegates last week and must now clear the Senate.
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