Sales tax bill aims to educate, not enrich 

BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: March 4, 2012
Tags: Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce, bill, D-Montgomery, Del. Sheila E. Hixson, General Assembly, House Ways and Means Committee, legislation, maryland, sales tax

ANNAPOLIS — Legislation that would redefine what is a taxable service in Maryland has drawn the ire of a regional business advocacy group, but the bill’s sponsor does not expect the new taxes to be levied during this General Assembly session. Del. Sheila E. Hixson, D-Montgomery, said the bill’s aim is to show what services [...]

C. Fraser Smith: Political ambitions and hard votes 

BY: C. Fraser Smith
POSTED: February 16, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, C. Fraser Smith, gasoline tax, General Assembly, Gov. Martin O’Malley, lawmakers, Maryland’s comptroller, peter franchot, sales tax, sewage treatment

Lawmakers in Annapolis are watching a somewhat unusual drama: Gov. Martin O’Malley running from pillar to post in search of their votes! The governor has worked hard for votes in the past, of course, but the pace this year may be unprecedented. Run he must, however, given the scope of his legislative agenda and given [...]

O’Malley elaborates on gas tax proposal

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 14, 2012
Tags: gasoline, General Assembly, gov. martin o'malley, Government, house of delegates, local government, rick abbruzzese, sales tax, state senate, tax increase
Comments: 4

ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposal to phase in a 6 percent sales tax on gasoline includes money for local road repairs, rules to make it harder to shift transportation dollars to other purposes and a mechanism to delay implementing the tax if gas prices spike. O’Malley introduced the legislation to General Assembly lawmakers Tuesday. [...]

Maryland GOP delegates protest change to House rules

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 9, 2012
Tags: alcohol, amendment, debate, house of delegates, lawmakers, republicans, rules, sales tax, speaker

ANNAPOLIS — Republicans in the House of Delegates say a change to the body’s rules will keep the minority party from debating critical issues. Lawmakers say an amendment to a rule that mandates the House speaker maintain order targets GOP members who want to engage in debate. The change passed Thursday allows the speaker to [...]

O’Malley spars with Franchot over gas tax proposal

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 8, 2012
Tags: democrats, gas tax, gasoline, martin O'Malley, mitt romney, new york times, peter franchot, presidential campaign, republican, sales tax
Comments: 4

ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley fired back Wednesday at Comptroller Peter Franchot for criticism of O’Malley’s gas tax proposal, describing him as “kind of our version of Mitt Romney.” The comptroller responded with a barbed reference to speculation that O’Malley would run for president in 2016. The two Democratic officeholders, who’ve frequently clashed, made the [...]

O’Malley supports applying sales tax to gasoline 

BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: January 30, 2012
Tags: Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding, gas tax, General Assembly, gov. martin o'malley, legislative agenda, mark segraves, politics, sales tax, state of the state, transporation, wtop radio
Comments: 1

Gov. Martin O’Malley outlined a proposal on Monday to apply Maryland’s sales tax to gasoline, calling it the “best option” to boost spending on roads, bridges, rail lines and other transportation projects. The 6 percent sales tax would be phased in evenly over three years and, when fully implemented, yield an estimated $613 million a [...]

Maryland health advocates pleased by alcohol tax use

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 24, 2012
Tags: alcohol tax, Annapolis, General Assembly, gov. martin o'malley, maryland, Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative, sales tax, Vincent DeMarco

ANNAPOLIS — Most of the money raised by a 50 percent increase in Maryland’s sales tax on alcohol has been allocated for health needs under Gov. Martin O’Malley’s budget, said health advocates who cheered the result Tuesday. Vincent DeMarco, president of Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative, said roughly $64 million has been set aside for health [...]

Maryland top earners would pay more under O’Malley budget

BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: January 18, 2012
Tags: budget, e.j. pipkin, infrastructure, martin O'Malley, maryland, online retailers, sales tax, Taxes

ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley called for higher taxes Wednesday on Maryland’s top earners, new Internet-based revenues, and for counties to shoulder a share of teacher pension costs to support a “difficult” $35.9 billion budget. The fiscal 2013 proposal is 3 percent larger than this year’s spending plan and would raise taxes on 20 percent [...]

Editorial: Welcome back; it’s time to act

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: January 12, 2012
Tags: 2012, Annapolis, Editorial, gas tax, General Assembly, gov. o'malley, legislative session, maryland, sales tax, The Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding

The Maryland General Assembly is encamped in Annapolis once again for its annual 90-day session, primed to do the people’s business. At least we hope so. Little was accomplished in the 2011 session. That was unfortunate, because there was much to be done, but it also was not unusual for the first year in a [...]

Miller: Sales tax increase won’t happen

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 12, 2012
Tags: gas tax, gas tax increase, gov. martin o'malley, maryland gas tax increase, maryland sales tax, maryland sales tax increase, sales tax, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller

ANNAPOLIS — Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller is assuring an economic development group that a sales tax increase won’t happen. Miller spoke Thursday at the winter conference of the Maryland Economic Development Association in Annapolis. Miller was responding to Gov. Martin O’Malley, who told reporters on the first day of session on Wednesday that [...]

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