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Maryland lawmakers consider public-private partnerships
Andy Brownfield
Published: Thu, Mar 28, 2013
ANNAPOLIS -- A Maryland Senate panel moved forward with a measure to allow public-private partnerships, which give private companies power over roads, schools and public transit in exchange for less upfront taxpayer investment. The measure specifies when and how private companies could partner...
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Maryland Senate panel moves gas tax bill to full vote
Andy Brownfield
Published: Thu, Mar 28, 2013
ANNAPOLIS -- A Maryland Senate committee passed legislation that would raise the tax on gasoline for the state's roads and transit projects. The panel voted 9-4 to send the bill to the full Senate, where it could be passed next week. Before the vote, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee...
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Ravens to visit Annapolis
Andy Brownfield
Published: Wed, Mar 27, 2013
ANNAPOLIS -- The Baltimore Ravens are planning to visit lawmakers in Annapolis on Thursday, and they're bringing the Lombardi Trophy. House Speaker Mike Busch and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. told their respective chambers on Wednesday that the Super Bowl champions would be...
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Maryland Senate passes health care implementation bill
Andy Brownfield
Published: Wed, Mar 27, 2013
ANNAPOLIS -- The Maryland Senate passed a bill Wednesday to further the implementation of President Obama's federal health care overhaul. The measure, passed 35-11, expands Medicaid eligibility and provides funding for the Maryland health exchange, among other changes. Maryland is at the...
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Miller: Maryland gas tax could pass this week
Andy Brownfield
Published: Wed, Mar 27, 2013
ANNAPOLIS -- The leader of Maryland's Senate told reporters Wednesday that he expects a bill that would provide much-needed revenue for transportation projects to pass his chamber as early as this week. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., D-Prince George's and Calvert counties, said...
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Maryland residents face $2.3 billion in new taxes under Gov. Martin O'Malley
Andy Brownfield
Published: Tue, Mar 26, 2013
ANNAPOLIS -- Maryland residents face a 4-cent increase in a gallon of gasoline come July, the latest in a succession of 32 new and increased taxes and fees that Gov. Martin O'Malley has imposed since he took office in 2007. The most recent of the $2.3 billion in higher taxes came last year,...
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Senate panel questions use of money for transit
Andy Brownfield
Published: Tue, Mar 26, 2013
ANNAPOLIS -- Members of a Senate panel voiced concern Tuesday that money funded by a proposed increase in the state gasoline tax would go toward mass transit instead of roads. Members of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee questioned whether the projected $4.3 billion that would be raised...
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Md. Senate gives preliminary OK to bill banning sex between students, school staff
Andy Brownfield
Published: Tue, Mar 26, 2013
ANNAPOLIS -- The Maryland Senate gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a measure criminalizing sexual contact between teenage students and school staff. The measure would make any sexual act between students and full-time permanent school employees a fourth-degree sexual offense punishable by...
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Maryland House approves medical marijuana
Andy Brownfield
Published: Mon, Mar 25, 2013
ANNAPOLIS - Maryland would join its neighbors in the District in allowing marijuana for medical use under a bill passed with little opposition by the House of Delegates on Monday. The legislation, which passed 100-28, would create a process for medical marijuana to be prescribed and...
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