Baltimore delegates oppose Senate gambling bill

BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: April 9, 2012
Tags: baltimore casino, conference committee, Curt Anderson, Del. Frank S. Turner, gambling, General Assembly, Prince George's County, Rosecroft Raceway, sen. katherine a. klausmeier, Slot machines, Slots, victoria gruber

ANNAPOLIS — Baltimore’s delegation chairman in the House of Delegates opened the General Assembly’s final day with some political hardball Monday, vowing to oppose the Senate’s new gambling expansion plan without protections for the planned city casino and restoration of planning money for the convention center-arena-hotel project. Del. Curt S. Anderson, a Democrat, said the [...]

Partnership bill wins tentative Senate OK without amendments

BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: April 7, 2012
Tags: Alan Rifkin, amendments, appeals, baltimore city circuit court, ben stutz, conference committee, General Assembly, house of delegates, judiciary, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, process, public-private partnerships, sen. roger manno, senate

ANNAPOLIS — The state Senate gave preliminary approval to a public-private partnerships bill Saturday afternoon that does not include two controversial amendments made to an identical House of Delegates bill. SB 358 could receive final approval when the Senate reconvenes later Saturday. The House version, HB 576, was amended in a House committee to allow [...]

Senators offer income tax compromise

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 6, 2012
Tags: budget, compromise, conference committee, Del. Kumar Barve, house of delegates, income tax, income tax rate, joint filing, sen. edward kasemeyer, senators, teacher pension

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland senators submitted a compromise on Thursday on how to raise revenue in a package of budget legislation by increasing income taxes. The proposal, outlined by Sen. Edward Kasemeyer during budget negotiations, would raise about $309 million for the next fiscal year. The compromise would not increase taxes for anyone making $100,000 or [...]

Conference committee cancels Tuesday meeting

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 3, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, conference committee, General Assembly, house of delegates, lawmakers, maryland, meeting

ANNAPOLIS — A committee of lawmakers has put off meeting to resolve budget proposal differences between the state Senate and House of Delegates. Warren Deschenaux, the legislature’s chief budget analyst, said lawmakers canceled their Tuesday meeting because they are still at odds over differences in the two versions of the budget legislation. Deschenaux says the [...]