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  • D.C. budget will reveal mayor's spending priorities Thursday

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Wed, Mar 27, 2013

    For the uninitiated, the District's fiscal year 2014 budget will read like an impenetrable tome when it's released Thursday. But for District political watchers, the multibillion-dollar proposal will offer a line-by-line declaration of Mayor Vincent Gray's priorities. Each council member knows...

  • 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...

  • 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,...

  • Virginia buyers, Maryland drivers facing higher taxes

    Steve Contorno

    Published: Tue, Mar 26, 2013

    Virginians will soon pay more at the checkout counter, and Marylanders are bracing for higher gas prices as the Beltway neighbors invoke or consider imposing tax increases to fix their crumbling, crowded roads. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on Tuesday presented mostly minor amendments to a...

  • 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...

  • Talking Points: Cookie back taxes, millions for ban, bag tax excesses

    Steve Contorno

    Published: Sun, Mar 24, 2013

    Is the Berger cookie in trouble? DeBaufre Bakeries, the Baltimore company that makes the historic treat, is well behind in its taxes. According to the Baltimore Sun, the bakery owes the IRS $109,000 in back taxes dating to 2009. It has been a rough stretch for the bakery, which had to close...

  • With Prince George's County bag tax history, Rushern Baker pushes statewide fee

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Sat, Mar 23, 2013

    Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker is pushing a statewide bag tax a year after the county's bid to implement one died in Annapolis. The bill, proposed by 34 state delegates, would tack on a 5-cent fee to every disposable bag Maryland consumers get at the store. Baker has long...

  • Montgomery County residents, nonprofits fight 'rain tax'

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sat, Mar 23, 2013

    A proposed Montgomery County bill would cost churches and nonprofit organizations thousands of dollars a year in taxes to improve the county's water quality, raising ire among residents and lawmakers. A proposed expansion of the Water Quality Protection Charge -- dubbed the "rain tax" by...

  • Fairfax County supervisors eyeing service cuts instead of tax hike

    Taylor Holland

    Published: Tue, Mar 12, 2013

    Reduced library hours, fewer polling locations and the elimination of school resource officers are among the cuts that Fairfax County's top appointed official thought would be too much to bear when drafting next year's budget. Instead, County Executive Ed Long opted to raise residents'...