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Calls to judges weren't criminal, report says
Sun StaffSix state legislators did not abuse their offices by contacting judges about pending redistricting lawsuits, State Prosecutor Stephen Montanarelli concluded in a report released yesterday. While finding no criminal misconduct, the report provides fresh...Tags: Howard County, Government, Ida G Ruben, Executive Branch, Politics
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Doubts grow on slots-tax compromise
Sun StaffOne legislative chamber sees the long-term solution to Maryland's budget crisis in the $670 million tax package it approved last week. The other believes the answer should come through legalizing slot machines, combined with a handful of more modest...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Politics, Lotteries, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Slots-vs.-taxes stalemate going down to wire
Sun StaffPro-gambling lawmakers scrambled yesterday to assemble a significant tax package that could win approval from Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and free the administration's slots bill for a long-sought vote in the House of Delegates. House Democrats insisted...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Politics, Lotteries, Passenger Cars
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Contenders vie to take job as House speaker
Sun StaffEven as House Speaker Casper R. Taylor Jr. awaits the final vote count in his tight Western Maryland delegate race, the leading contenders to replace him as the House of Delegates' leader are angling to secure the post. Dels. Michael E. Busch, an Anne...Tags: Government, Career and Workplace, Barbara A Hoffman, Anne Arundel County, Executive Branch
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GOP leader asks court for redistricting inquiry
Sun StaffThe Maryland Court of Appeals should name the Anne Arundel County state's attorney to investigate whether four Democratic state senators illegally tried to influence judges' decisions in a big redistricting case, state Republican Party Chairman Michael S....Tags: Maryland, Ida G Ruben, Anne Arundel County, Crimes, Politics
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Budget that includes 5% tax on snacks gets Senate's tentative OK
Sun StaffThe Maryland Senate gave preliminary approval yesterday to a $23.6 million state budget despite complaints from Republicans that a $159 million tax package used to balance it is excessive and unnecessary. Majority Democrats fought back a Republican...Tags: Prince George's County, Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Delaware, Philip C Jimeno
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Lawmakers considering higher taxes
Sun StaffGeneral Assembly leaders said yesterday that they are weighing a menu of tax increases and deeper program cuts to transform a stop-gap budget fix proposed by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. into a permanent solution. Lawmakers learned that the budget...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Crimes, Politics, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Lawmakers get 1st detailed look at budget
Sun StaffGov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s proposed $23.8 billion state operating budget rests on a quarter-billion dollars in shaky assumptions, including underestimated health costs and corporate tax payments that may not materialize, General Assembly budget analysts...Tags: Medical Services, Health Insurance, Government, Social Issues, Executive Branch
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Failed insurance legislation upsets union
Sun StaffUpset over the last-minute, two-vote death of a General Assembly bill that would have extended health insurance to thousands of Marylanders, an international union is targeting state senators in Howard and Anne Arundel counties who voted against the...Tags: Prince George's County, Howard County, Medical Services, Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics
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Stalemate on state property tax cut viewed as a possible opening for a slots-bill solution
Sun StaffMaryland Senate leaders are refusing to accept a House of Delegates plan for a statewide property tax cut, leading some lawmakers to question whether a budget stalemate has been artificially created so that slot machine revenue can emerge as the solution....Tags: Prince George's County, Baltimore County, Government, Maryland, Andrew P Harris
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Beyond arrogance
AS A RESULT of their political successes, Maryland Democrats hold nearly absolute power over the obscure but critically important task of redrawing legislative district lines. That process virtually guarantees continued domination of state legislative and...Tags: Government, Maryland, Ida G Ruben, Values, Executive Branch
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Compromise is unlikely in slots standoff
Sun StaffWith just four weeks left in the legislative session, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller appears to be left with few good options in his bid to wring a compromise on the slot machine gambling bill from his counterpart in the House of Delegates. House...Tags: Government, Pennsylvania, Executive Branch, Ocean City, Lotteries
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