A state bill proposing to set a $10,000 maximum tax on boat sales sparked a tense debate due to its potential implications on Maryland’s struggling maritime economy and the Waterway Improvement Fund.
A state bill proposing to set a $10,000 maximum tax on boat sales sparked a tense debate due to its potential implications on Maryland’s struggling maritime economy and the Waterway Improvement Fund.
National education reform advocates support a Maryland bill that would mandate reform for failing schools whenever a majority of parents petition for intervention, but the state superintendent and the state teachers union oppose the idea.
More ponder affects of sequester, concerned about education, senior citizen health and businesses; petition to overthrow death penalty repeal unlikely; Senate makes minor changes as it begins to hash out gun legislation provisions; bill to make petition signers confidential is killed; and PSC tells utilities to upgrade distribution system in preparation for bad weather.
Two bills to beef up requirements of the Open Meetings Act got preliminary approval in the House of Delegates Wednesday, but one had been watered down in the Health and Government Operations Committee.
Armed with statistics and touching personal stories, dozens of witnesses stepped forward Wednesday to endorse and oppose the Maryland Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act, which would mandate all Maryland employers give full-time employees up to seven days of paid sick leave.
The staff of the Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) and the Maryland Municipal League (MML), which represent local governments at the State House, would have to file as registered lobbyists and follow lobbying laws under a bill being considered in the House of Delegates.
While military bases, federal workers, Head Start programs and even meat plants brace for the sequester cuts that could force changes to their work, some conservatives suggest embracing the changes instead; new Post poll finds Marylanders want to keep the death penalty; gun control debate hits the Senate floor and Republicans scramble to make changes to the legislation; Senate committee sends offshore wind bill to the floor; legislative audit faults child-care facilities inspections, background check followups lacking; State Police get new helicopters; citizens continue protest of Brentwood Council’s Lord Prayer recitation; and the Sun’s editor, Mary Corey, dies.
State budget officials do not know how many state employees will qualify for medical coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act, or how much it will cost to comply with provisions beginning Jan. 1.
That number could be as high as $88 million for Maryland government
An overwhelming 82% of Maryland voters support a proposal to force all employers to provide paid sick days based upon the number of hours worked, according to a poll done for the Jobs Opportunities Task Force. This poll comes in advance of hearings Wednesday on several pieces of legislation that seek to expand worker’s rights and increase employers’ obligations
Marylanders see tight times ahead with sequester cuts, but small business leaders say don’t fight the inevitable; the state Senate will be buzzing this week as the death penalty repeal and gun control hit the floor; Obama’s transportation deputy secretary heads to Annapolis to tout transportation funding, meanwhile Virginia’s actions may spur Maryland to move; Senate President Miller puts the kibosh on live streaming of committee hearings after Sen. Frosh takes a test run; Marylanders want fracking studies, poll shows; Atty. Gen. Gansler talks up death penalty; Arundel County Exec Neuman fires three; and Baltimore County councilman gives up county ride.
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