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Sunday, February 28, 2010
 The 2010 session of the Maryland General Assembly is halfway over,
with just six weeks left to go. Little of importance has been
accomplished, which could be either bad or good depending on your point
of view. More |
Friday, February 26, 2010
| Lawmakers say a corporate income tax proposal known as combined
reporting would close loopholes large companies use to reduce their
Maryland tax liabilities. But business representatives told a House
committee Thursday that the state should sit on the issue until a state
panel finishes studying the issue next year. More |
Friday, February 26, 2010
| The state retirement agency defended its foreign travel expenses
from criticism by state lawmakers Friday, saying the spending is a
necessary part of their duties. More |
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
| Republican leaders are asking legislative budgeters to swallow “a
bitter pill” of 1,500 layoffs and over $800 million in education
spending cuts to fix “the long term affliction” of overspending and
deficits. More |
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
| A little-known part of Gov. Martin O'Malley's office is facing
legislative scrutiny, as a Republican lawmaker on Wednesday criticized
the Governor's Delivery Unit's use of staff detailed from other
agencies. More |
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
| The state probably doesn't have enough money in its proposed budget
to conduct November's election, a point that raised concerns Wednesday
as a divided Board of Public Works approved a crucial computer contract
to conduct the vote. More |
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
State transportation officials dispelled speculation that the state
might sell BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport at a budget hearing Monday,
and promised staff overspending on
overseas travel is over.
More |
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
| A tie vote almost killed the measure, as Senators had concerns about a narrow expansion that appeared targeted toward a specific couple.
More |
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
| A legislative audit accuses St. Mary’s College of Maryland of
improperly purchasing a tract of land near its campus from a person
affiliated with the college, in a matter that has been referred to the
criminal division of the Office of the Attorney General. More |
Monday, February 22, 2010
| The state has added the Chesapeake Bay Conference Center in
Cambridge, with its Hyatt Regency hotel, to its list of “problem”
projects that it has helped finance, as a rough 2009 hurt business and
the facility’s ability to pay back its debts. More |
Sunday, February 21, 2010
| Maryland retained its near-sacred triple-A bond rating from the
three rating New York City rating agencies Thursday. The State House
press corps generally treated it with a shrug, despite the pleadings
for coverage. More |
Friday, February 19, 2010
| House and Senate committees appear ready to renew the annual
tug-of-war over the controversial state spending on stem cell research. More |
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