Brazil is the next stop on Maryland’s international trade agenda, Gov. Martin O’Malley told reporters Monday, with Africa possibly to follow. But no definite plans have been made. O’Malley was debriefing reporters on his six-day trade mission to India. The governor announced two more Indian investments in Maryland.
Month: December 2011
State Roundup, December 12, 2011
State down-sizes revenue projections for next two years; O’Malley spars with businesses over job growth; hundreds of DNR training guns are missing; regents vote against UM schools merger; state to propose regulating abortion clinics; tougher penalties sought over “mob thefts;” Leslie Johnson sentenced to year and a day; and environmentalists sue Queen Anne’s commissioners over land upzoning.
O’Malley spars over millionaires’ tax flight
Gov. Martin O’Malley challenged a construction executive on Friday to radio debate on increasing taxes on millionaires. Whiting-Turner Executive Dan White said the state should be careful about “unintended consequences” of taxes, but O’Malley said there was no clear evidence millionaires had left because of the tax surcharge on them.
Next year’s revenue estimates reduced slightly
More economic uncertainty – brought on by potential cuts in federal spending, a lack of consumer confidence, and debt issues in Europe – led the Board of Revenue Estimates on Friday to reduce its projected revenues for fiscal year 2013 by $71 million to $14.4 billion in the general fund.
Less regulation, more innovation key to job growth, O’Malley says
Gov. Martin O’Malley spread his message of job creation through more innovation and less paperwork at a Friday morning symposium with hundreds of members of the state’s business community. Both innovation and efficiency are key to the continued success of Maryland’s economy, O’Malley said. “The challenge we have is to get that job-generating opportunity engine that is Maryland operating again.”
State Roundup, December 9, 2011
In DGA, O’Malley charts course beyond 2014; Dream Act referendum challengers are no longer looking at number of petition signatures; business groups endorse Constellation/Exelon merger; Pepco one of the companies not paying taxes; Maryland Dems fight federal workers comp freeze; Democrats see lessons in robocall case.
Casa drops challenge to signatures in Dream Act referendum
Casa de Maryland, the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking to halt a state referendum on illegal immigrants receiving in-state college tuition, will no longer challenge the validity or number of petition signatures approved by the State Board of Elections.
Instead, it will focus solely on the argument that Dream Act legislation is an appropriations bill, thus disqualifying it from being subject to referendum.
Lung Association says Maryland third worst for helping smokers quit, but state has fifth lowest smoking rate
The American Lung Association is lambasting Maryland as the “third worst” state in the country for helping smokers quit the habit, even while it has the fifth lowest smoking rate in the nation at 15%.
Report: Maryland has nation’s second best election website
Maryland has the second-best state election website in the nation, according to a report by the Pew Center on the States.
State Roundup, December 8, 2011
BWI, Camden Yards to get major upgrades; state made $2.5 million in Medicaid payments to 300 dead people; state wants feedback on synthetic marijuana; ex-Ehrlich aides blog about former colleague’s conviction; more on congressional races of Andy Harris, Dutch Ruppersberger and Roscoe Bartlett; and Rocky Mountain elk may be reintroduced to state.
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