Nov 14, 2012
Eye Opener: Health group wants state to up cigarette tax
By: Alexander Pyles
The state’s largest casino will announce on Wednesday its plan to implement table games following voters’ approval of Question 7 last week.
Maryland Live Casino is expected to remove about 10 percent of its 4,750 slot machines to make room for table games, and Hollywood Casino Perryville asked to remove up to 500 of its machines in August.
Fewer slots and more table games may mean less money for the state than originally projected, according to the state’s top fiscal analyst.
Here’s a few other government and politics headlines today:
- The Daily Record and others report that former Del. Tiffany T. Alston may sue to regain her seat in the General Assembly.
- MarylandReporter.com reports a health group is asking for a $1 increase on the cigarette tax.
- The Baltimore Sun reports that the state’s budget outlook is not so grim, but its transportation trust fund balance is.
- The Gazette reports two Montgomery County councilmen are planning to run for county executive in 2014.
- The Annapolis Capital reports Gov. Martin O’Malley’s staff has a problem with groups challenging Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts.


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