A wide range of nonprofit groups, including Common Cause and the newspaper association, are supporting a major reform of Maryland’s Public Information Act that will limit and standardize fees, close exemptions and establish a compliance board for appeals that could also levy fines.
A program to withhold income tax refunds from people with outstanding arrest warrants could be implemented across much of the state, as lawmakers from Montgomery, Carroll and Baltimore counties push for legislation to use the Warrant Intercept Program.
Senate President Miller digs in over gas tax repeal, predicts dire consequences for state projects; panel recommends Senate confirmation of seven Cabinet nominees; Cabinet appointee Redmer can expect “a lot of questions;” pot legalization could be a few years away; Baltimore City legislator calls on developers to give back tax breaks to help city schools; Annapolis City goes to legislature for aid with city issues; more minorities in the House of Delegates than in Senate; U.S. Rep. Delaney makes headway with offshore cash-transportation funding plan; and O’Malley breaks elbow lifting weights.
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