http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Fri, 17 May 2013 23:24:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/16/senate-panel-considers-labor-board-nominees/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/16/senate-panel-considers-labor-board-nominees/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 22:02:05 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=239970 Senate Republicans said Thursday they would not support five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, raising the possibility the troubled agency could be rendered mostly inoperable later this year. The board has already been working under a cloud since January, when a federal appeals court said the president violated the Constitution by filling vacancies [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/16/senate-panel-considers-labor-board-nominees/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/16/senate-panel-backs-perez-to-head-labor-dept/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/16/senate-panel-backs-perez-to-head-labor-dept/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 14:45:29 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=239918 WASHINGTON — A Senate panel has endorsed the nomination of Justice Department official Thomas Perez to head the Labor Department despite opposition from Republicans. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 12 -10 to confirm Perez, currently the nation’s top civil rights enforcer. All Republicans on the committee voted no. The party-line vote [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/16/senate-panel-backs-perez-to-head-labor-dept/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/06/senate-bill-lets-states-tax-internet-purchases/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/06/senate-bill-lets-states-tax-internet-purchases/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 12:21:39 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=239110 WASHINGTON — The Senate sided with traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping — for many a largely tax-free frontier — to state sales taxes. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 69-27, getting support from Republicans and Democrats alike. [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/06/senate-bill-lets-states-tax-internet-purchases/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/24/governments-may-push-workers-to-health-exchange/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/24/governments-may-push-workers-to-health-exchange/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:13:07 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=238341 OLYMPIA, Wash. — In a quest to save money, political leaders in Washington state are exploring a proposal that would shift some government workers out of their current health plans and onto the insurance exchange developed under President Barack Obama’s health care law. Lawmakers believe the change, which could affect thousands of part-time state employees [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/24/governments-may-push-workers-to-health-exchange/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/23/tax-free-internet-shopping-jeopardized-by-bill/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/23/tax-free-internet-shopping-jeopardized-by-bill/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:43:22 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=238226 WASHINGTON — Tax-free shopping on the Internet could be in jeopardy under a bill making its way through the Senate. The bill would empower states to require online retailers to collect state and local sales taxes for purchases made over the Internet. The sales taxes would be sent to the states where a shopper lives. [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/23/tax-free-internet-shopping-jeopardized-by-bill/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/22/white-house-obama-backs-internet-sales-tax-bill/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/22/white-house-obama-backs-internet-sales-tax-bill/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:57:06 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=238185 WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama supports a bill to give states more authority to collect sales tax from Internet retailers. White House spokesman Jay Carney says the Senate bill would level the playing field for small businesses and brick-and-mortar retailers that are undercut by online companies. Carney says that governors and [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/22/white-house-obama-backs-internet-sales-tax-bill/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/18/house-passes-pro-business-cybersecurity-bill/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/18/house-passes-pro-business-cybersecurity-bill/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:05:43 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=237957 WASHINGTON — Pro-business legislation aimed at helping companies fend off sophisticated foreign hackers sailed through the House on Thursday despite a White House veto threat and an outcry from privacy advocates and civil liberties groups that say it leaves Americans vulnerable to spying by the military. The House vote, 288-127, puts the spotlight on the [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/18/house-passes-pro-business-cybersecurity-bill/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/16/biden-omalley-to-attend-ub-law-center-opening/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/16/biden-omalley-to-attend-ub-law-center-opening/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:22:33 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=237789 Vice President Joe Biden praised Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley and the Maryland General Assembly on Tuesday for passing gun control legislation and urged Congress to pass a bipartisan plan for expanding background checks to more gun buyers. “We are in the middle of a gun debate right now in the U.S. Congress,” Biden said during [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/16/biden-omalley-to-attend-ub-law-center-opening/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/14/house-passes-bill-to-halt-nlrb-from-taking-action/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/14/house-passes-bill-to-halt-nlrb-from-taking-action/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:00:38 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=237646 WASHINGTON — The House on Friday passed a bill to prevent the National Labor Relations Board from conducting much of its business until a dispute over the president’s recess appointments is resolved. The Republican-backed measure, approved on a 219-209 vote that broke largely along party lines, is a response to a federal appeals court ruling [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/14/house-passes-bill-to-halt-nlrb-from-taking-action/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/09/collaborative-legislative-session-ends-with-flurry-of-bills/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/09/collaborative-legislative-session-ends-with-flurry-of-bills/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:57:57 +0000 Alexander Pyles http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=237292 &via=&related=DolcePixel"> With most big ticket items passed days and weeks ago, the General Assembly session strolled to a close Monday night with a controversial "lockbox" bill and persistently pesky dog-bite bill dominating rhetoric in the State House in the final hours.

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