Maryland’s restaurateurs, bar and tavern owners, liquor store operators and point-of-sale system programmers have spent the last couple of weeks scrambling to get ready to collect the state’s new 9% tax on alcohol, which goes into effect on Friday.
Len Lazarick
New business group wants Maryland blueprint for private sector jobs
Commercial banker John Delaney says, “I’d like to see the federal government spend as much money as possible here” in Maryland, but “I’m not sure it’s realistic.”
With the country’s deficit problem, cuts are more likely and the state’s economy is “more vulnerable because of the reliance on federal spending,” Delaney said.
Environmentalists disappointed in 2011 General Assembly scorecard
Following a campaign full of promises to help the environment, clean up the Chesapeake Bay and create green jobs, the Maryland legislature – especially the House of Delegates – let environmentalists down with a lackluster performance on the Maryland League of Conservation Voters’ Environmental Scorecard.
New film tax incentives make Maryland more competitive with other states
A new $7.5 million tax credit for film productions in Maryland takes effect Friday, and with the industry professionals already here, the state is back in the game and ready for its close up.
State election board provides petition signature database to Casa de Maryland
Responding to a Public Information Act request, the State Board of Elections gave immigrant advocacy group Casa de Maryland a disk with names, addresses and signatures of people who have signed the petition to bring in-state tuition for illegal immigrants to the ballot in 2012.
Solar outshines wind power for residential use
Maryland homeowners are increasingly getting their electricity from the sun, with thousands of people opting to go solar each year.
“Solar energy is going gang-busters in Maryland,” said Ian Hines, communications and marketing manager of the Maryland Energy Administration.
Global warming doubters will hate delegate’s novel
Hot enough for you?
If you hate the notion that something drastic needs to be done about global warming, then you’ll hate Del. Dana Stein’s first novel, “Fire in the Wind.”
State Roundup, June 24, 2011
Newt Gingrich revs up GOP fundraiser with anti-Obama speech; Lt. Gov. Brown assembles new work group on health care disparities; Comptroller Franchot won’t enforce new cigar ban; Wargotz considers run against Cardin; high school graduation rates may drop as state recalculates figures; and Hagerstown changing its municipal election date.
Republicans like Gingrich’s speech, but many not backing any candidate yet
Newt Gingrich “gives a great speech,” people at a state GOP fundraiser Thursday night agreed, but the former House speaker is not likely to be the Republican nominee for president. Many elected officials had not decided who they would like for the nomination, but for those who had, Mitt Romney was the top pick.
Implementation of financial literacy recommendations makes slow progress
State agencies are reporting mixed results in implementing the recommendations of the General Assembly’s Task Force on Financial Literacy. Most of the state’s 24 school systems “will have some component ready to go this fall, but they won’t be as ready to implement [the curriculum] as we had hoped,” said Katharine Oliver, the Maryland State Department of Education’s assistant state superintendent for career and college readiness.
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