Day: March 19, 2013

State Roundup, March 19, 2013

Gov. O’Malley’s wind energy plan heads to his desk for his signature; committee tinkers with gas tax, making hikes more gradual; early voting passes out of committee, heads to the full House; General Assembly leaders back $1 billion, seven-year Baltimore City school reconstruction plan; O’Malley bill could make education funding distribution more equitable; Senate panel kills anti-gender ID discrimination bill; Senate OKs Lockheed Martin hotel tax exemption; former Arundel County exec Leopold won’t get Cheerios, OJ or floss in jail; and Post paywall is on its way.

O’Malley gas tax lockbox is easy pickings

The lockbox for the Transportation Trust Fund provided in Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposed gas tax hike is about as secure as the metal cash box at a PTA bake sale. The House Ways & Means Committee approved a gas tax increase with some amendments to O’Malley’s plan on Monday, but apparently without changing the lockbox provision.

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