Although Maryland’s retail gas prices were lower than the national average in 2011, consumers are still getting hit at the pump — for paying with plastic rather than cash. A growing practice is to offer cash and credit card prices to combat increasing numbers of credit card users, rising gas prices and high “swipe fees,” transaction fees set by credit card networks for banks.
Day: June 25, 2012
State Roundup, June 25, 2012
The issues surrounding the latest gambling kerfuffle – whether to expand to a sixth casino and add table games – remain up in the air to the chagrin of politicians and some editorial boards; in the meantime, the knives are out and everyone has someone to blame or something to say; the attempt to bring state congressional redistricting to referendum falters; new rules to cover abortion clinics; Attorney General Gansler now heads national AG group; and Appeals Court to hear Daryl Jones council case.
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