The Senate president predicts an increase but said he wasn't sure what that might look like other than to say "it's going to be different, in my opinion, from what the governor has proposed and it's going to be different from what the people in Prince George's and Montgomery County have already enacted."

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The $39 billion budget proposal unveiled today by Gov. Martin O’Malley includes some good news for Maryland’s physicians and students but also some slaps in the face.

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Cardin's proposal, if passed into law, would impose a $200 per pack fine on any store selling cigarettes that do not have biodegradable filters beginning Jan. 1, 2015.

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Del. Pat McDonough, D-Baltimore County, said he plans to introduce a bill creating a training wage for new employees at companies of 100 workers or less.

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