Tag: Paul Pinsky
Md. commission studies testing in all 24 school di...
By Len Lazarick | November 17, 2015 | Education | 4 |
Md. legislators get high marks from consumer group...
By Meg Tully | September 16, 2014 | General Assembly, News | 2 |
Cut in estate tax sent to governor, who will likel...
By Maryland Reporter | March 20, 2014 | General Assembly, News, Taxes | 1 |
Miller ‘reluctantly’ supports estate t...
By Maryland Reporter | March 19, 2014 | General Assembly, News, Taxes | 3 |
Senate begins debate on in-state tuition for illeg...
By Len Lazarick | March 4, 2011 | Education, News | 9 |
Analysis: The data behind 90 days in Annapolis
by Capital News Service | May 20, 2019 | General Assembly, News | 0 |
Capital News Service gathered data from the 2019 legislative session and conducted an analysis to report on some of the most striking takeaways from the General Assembly. In the Senate and House of Delegates, 188 legislators introduced 2,497 bills, which includes 16 joint resolutions. Both chambers passed 866 bills, two of which were joint resolutions.
Read MoreMd. commission studies testing in all 24 school districts
by Len Lazarick | November 17, 2015 | Education | 4 |
Maryland education officials and lawmakers, members of the state’s first commission to review standardized testing, appeared ambivalent on Tuesday about how they will determine the value of statewide assessments.
Some commission members wanted to look at the technology infrastructure for testing, while others want to further study the ancillary effects on students — such as school computers being used for exams instead of instruction.
Read MoreMd. legislators get high marks from consumer group — but not GOP
by Meg Tully | September 16, 2014 | General Assembly, News | 2 |
A consumer advocacy group is giving state lawmakers high scores for passing laws in the 2014 General Assembly session that raise the minimum wage and reduce the impact of foreclosures.
The Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, a nonprofit whose mission includes advancing fairness and justice for consumers, also released four-year scores that depicted state lawmakers as generally favorable to consumer issues. Only nine of 47 senators and 46 of 141 delegates got four-year scores lower than 80%.
Read More$10.10 minimum wage gets preliminary OK in Senate
by Maryland Reporter | April 4, 2014 | General Assembly, News | 0 |
A bill to hike the state’s minimum wage $10.10 has reached its final hurdles after a flurry of attempts from lawmakers Friday to amend the already fragile legislation.
The Senate gave preliminary approval to the legislation, HB295, a chief priority of Gov. Martin O’Malley, that would boost Maryland’s minimum wage to $10.10 by 2018.
Read MoreBudget agreement reached, ditching provisions on stormwater, House of Cards
by Len Lazarick | April 3, 2014 | General Assembly, Governor, News | 0 |
House and Senate negotiators working out their differences in the $38.7 billion state budget reached agreement Thursday evening, eliminating provisions on stormwater fees and “House of Cards” property. An alternative to the stormwater remediation fee proposed by Anne Arundel Sen. James DeGrange was ultimately eliminated from the Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act (BRFA).
Read MoreAlternative to rain tax stalls in conference committee
by Len Lazarick | April 2, 2014 | General Assembly, Governor, News | 0 |
A measure that would institute an alternative to the hotly debated stormwater management fee stalled during Wednesday’s budget conference committee negotiations.
Read MoreCut in estate tax sent to governor, who will likely sign it
by Maryland Reporter | March 20, 2014 | General Assembly, News, Taxes | 1 |
In an effort to ensure Maryland’s millionaires don’t flee the state for cheaper pastures, the General Assembly approved Thursday a cut to the state’s estate tax.
After spirited debate and a 36-10 vote from the Senate, the bill was sent to Gov. Martin O’Malley, who is likely to sign the bill.
Read MoreMiller ‘reluctantly’ supports estate tax cut he’s sponsoring
by Maryland Reporter | March 19, 2014 | General Assembly, News, Taxes | 3 |
Though he’s listed as chief sponsor of a bill that would cut Maryland’s estate tax, Senate President Mike Miller said Wednesday he only “reluctantly” supports his legislation, and its House equivalent, which delegates passed last week.
But, Miller said, it is important to keep Maryland’s rate competitive to those of other states.
Read MoreGeneral Assembly environmental scores slip in 2013
by Len Lazarick | July 16, 2013 | News | 0 |
Ratings on environmental policy for Maryland legislators slipped last year, despite passage of a major offshore wind energy bill championed by Gov. Martin O’Malley.
The Maryland League of Conservation Voters released its 2013 scorecard Monday, giving lawmakers an average score of 64% in the House of Delegates and 55% in the Senate. Those scores are down slightly from last year’s 69% in the House and 63% in the Senate.
Read More‘Rain tax’ on property owners for Bay cleanup survives attempt to delay it
by Meg Tully | April 9, 2013 | General Assembly, News, Taxes | 11 |
An attempt to delay implementation of stormwater clean-up fees that will cost Maryland property owners millions come July failed in the legislature’s final day. The delay died after it was attached to a bill exempting nonprofits and government agencies from the fees called “the rain tax” by critics.
Read More‘Bilateral disarmament’ proposed to reform congressional redistricting
by Len Lazarick | January 27, 2013 | General Assembly, News | 3 |
Sen. Paul Pinsky would like to see more liberals and progressives in Congress, but he’d also like to have congressional district lines drawn fairly and in a bipartisan way. He’s proposing a new bipartisan commission to draw the lines — if a matching Republican-controlled state will do the same thing.
Read MoreState considers trade and fee system for pollution controls by developers
by Len Lazarick | November 29, 2012 | News | 1 |
The state is considering plans to allow developers to pay for enhanced pollution controls on other land as a way to permit them to build in areas that might be off limits under new sustainable growth rules, environment officials told lawmakers on Wednesday.
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