Day: August 14, 2012

Slots for veterans enlisted to help gaming bill pass

Slots for veterans enlisted to help gaming bill pass

For years, veterans posts have come to Annapolis trying to get slot machines and the money they bring in to help them survive.The vets on the Eastern Shore have had slots at their posts for some time, but year after year, the House Ways & Means Committee has refused the same privilege to veterans groups in the rest of Maryland. Suddenly, Tuesday afternoon, the House veterans caucus was told that slots for vets everywhere in Maryland was going to be an ornament on the Christmas tree that the gaming bill had become. Delegates saw it as a blatant attempt to buy votes.

State Roundup, August 14, 2012

After a day of wheeling and dealing and fits and starts, a House panel approves gambling expansion – with deeper tax cuts for casino operators. The bill is expected to go to the full House this afternoon; pit bull legislation was also amended by a House committee; Del. Glass puts aside his boycott of the proceedings; school funding above maintenance of effort baseline may be suppressed, says MACo rep; residents criticize BGE’s response after derecho; Del. Cardin – a possible AG candidate – hopes cash blows his way in the Windy City; and Maryland pols react to Romney-Ryan ticket.

Gambling expansion sent to House with major tax breaks for casinos

Gambling expansion sent to House with major tax breaks for casinos

In a mostly party-line, 13-to-7 vote Monday night, the House of Delegates Ways & Means Committee approved gaming expansion legislation that included what had been the major stumbling block for House leaders when they derailed a similar deal back in June. The bill gives tax breaks for casino operators just three months after legislators approved income tax hikes on 300,000 Marylanders.

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