Coin show tax credit lives 
BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: March 25, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, budget, coin show, convention center, General Assembly, gov. martin o'malley, House Ways and Means Committee, maryland, Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, tax credit
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland General Assembly is poised to retain an imperiled 22-year-old tax break for collectible coin dealers, which Gov. Martin O’Malley had sought to eliminate in next year’s budget. An Atlanta company threatened to move three annual Baltimore coin shows out of Maryland after Gov. O’Malley proposed eliminating the tax credit. The loophole, [...]
House of Delegates passes budget package
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 23, 2012
Tags: budget, del. gail bates, del. herb mcmillan, del. john bohanan, democrats, Environment, flush tax, house of delegates, income tax, law clinic, loopholes, maryland state house, protest, republicans, senate, sewer bills, Taxes
ANNAPOLIS — The House of Delegates has approved a package of budget measures, including an income tax increase for people who make more than $100,000. The House also voted Friday to double the state’s “flush tax” on sewer bills from $30 a year to $60. The income tax increase would go up a quarter of [...]
House approves law clinic provision in budget
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 22, 2012
Tags: approved, budget, house of delegates, law clinic provision, maryland, senate
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland House of Delegates has approved a change to the state budget involving a long-simmering debate about how a Maryland law school clinic handles cases involving farmers. The House voted 91-46 on Thursday to change a provision approved by the Senate that would shift $250,000 to pay for university lobbyists to create [...]
Maryland Senate to take up moped helmet bill
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 22, 2012
Tags: bill, helmet, house of delegates, House of Delegates Environmental Matters Committee, maryland, moped, requirement, senate
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate is scheduled to take a final vote on a bill that would require moped and motor scooter riders to wear helmets. Senators are expected to consider the bill Thursday. Sponsored by Baltimore County Democrat Sen. Kathy Klausmeier, the legislation would also require scooter and moped drivers to have protective eyewear [...]
House of Delegates to consider amendments to budget
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 22, 2012
Tags: budget, county, General Assembly, house of delegates, income tax, lawmakers, state senate, teacher pension costs
ANNAPOLIS — The House of Delegates will be working on the state’s $35.9 billion budget. The House has scheduled two sessions for Thursday, as it considers amendments to a package of budget measures. One includes a scaled-back version of an income tax increase already approved by the state Senate. Another budget measure would phase in [...]
Virginia’s budget impasses continues
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 21, 2012
Tags: budget, Government, richmond, Senate's Finance Committee, virginia
RICHMOND, Va. — Senior Democratic and Republican senators met throughout the day Wednesday in hopes of resolving enough deep partisan differences for the Senate’s Finance Committee to consider the budget at a hastily convened meeting scheduled for Thursday. Both sides reported progress on several contested areas of the $85 billion two-year master spending plan for [...]
Reports rate Maryland low on ethics, transparency
BY: marylandreporter.com
POSTED: March 21, 2012
Tags: and Public Radio International, Annapolis, Center for Public Integrity, ethics, General Assembly, Global Integrity, Government, maryland, State Integrity Investigation, transparency
Comments: 2
ANNAPOLIS — In the midst of a session that has seen ethics and transparency pushed into the spotlight, two reports released this week gave the state poor rankings on both issues. A nationwide report conducted by the State Integrity Investigation ranked Maryland 40th out of 50 states for corruption prevention, awarding the state a D- [...]
Ethics law debate extended in Md. Senate
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 21, 2012
Tags: amendment, disclosure, electronic filing, filings, financial disclosure, sen. roy dyson, senate education health and environmental affairs committee, senators
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland senators are considering legislation that would mandate financial disclosure forms for state officials be filed electronically and posted online. Lawmakers attempted to amend the bill Wednesday to include local officials who run on a slate with state-level candidates, but the measure failed. The senators decided to wait until Thursday to consider another [...]
Md. Senate panel considers abortion reporting bill
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 21, 2012
Tags: abortion, demographics, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, hospitals, house of delegates, maryland senate, pregnancy, senate
ANNAPOLIS — Proponents of a bill to require hospitals and abortion providers to report the number of pregnancies they terminate argue the measure would improve women’s health care. The bill, which the state Senate Finance Committee considered Wednesday, would require the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to collect demographic information including the age, [...]
Repeal of local ethics measures won’t move forward
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 20, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, ethics, financial disclosure requirements, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, maryland, Maryland Association of Counties, measures, repeal, Senate Education, State Sen. Roy Dyson
Comments: 1
ANNAPOLIS — State Sen. Roy Dyson says he will not advance legislation to scale back financial disclosure requirements for local elected officials. Dyson, a Democrat and vice chairman of the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, said Tuesday that he won’t bring the bill up for a vote by the panel. The bill would [...]
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