Delegates grilled Budget Secretary David Brinkley on Tuesday, asking him to justify Gov. Larry Hogan’s plans to limit growth in school funding and curtail employee pay raises as they took up legislation that implements those decisions.
Day: March 3, 2015
Rain tax repeal gets hearing
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s office joined senators in presenting three identical bills at a Senate committee hearing Tuesday to repeal the “rain tax,” the pejorative nickname for stormwater remediation fee.
State Roundup, March 3, 2015
U.S. Sen. Mikulski won’t seek re-election but decides to go out swinging instead of fund-raising and plaudits pour in from near and far; Mikulski will leave a strong legacy of opening the door to women in the Senate — and elsewhere; speculation begins on who will run for her seat and the list keeps growing; Hogan nominees for four Cabinet posts, including Transportation secretary, will head to full state Senate for a vote; court rules that Carroll GOP Central Committee can send as many nominees for delegate as it likes to Gov. Hogan; protective order against Del. Jalisi extended one week after no-show to court; and U.S. Rep. Cummings wants to know why manufacturer is raising prices on opioid overdose antidote.
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