The House of Delegates has quietly readied itself to debate and vote on Gov. Martin O'Malley's $37.3 billion operating budget proposal.

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In his State of the Union address, President Obama again asked Congress to consider legislation that will allow more homeowners to refinance mortgages that are currently higher than the value of their homes.

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Maryland legislators returned to their homes and their full-time occupations last week, no doubt congratulating themselves for taking care of business at their special session that they should have taken care during the 90 days of the regular session. Now, ...

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The vote on a bill that will raise the income tax rate on Maryland’s wealthiest residents was tight in the House of Delegates. Republicans voted against the bill because they did not support taking more money from residents who tend ...

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The Senate did not pass the budget package in one day as it had hoped, but gave preliminary approval Monday to a pair of bills that would undo $500 million in cuts from Gov. Martin O’Malley’s fiscal 2013 budget. The ...

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The Maryland General Assembly will convene Monday morning for the first of what will likely be two special sessions this year. This one will likely end with an income tax hike on the state’s top 16 percent and a shift ...

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With the Maryland General Assembly set to convene a special legislative session to finish the fiscal year 2013 budget, the Eye on Annapolis Podcast returns to discuss what is — and isn’t — on the schedule for this overtime meeting ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley intends to solicit recommendations for a gambling work group this week, and still believes a second special session to debate expanded gambling could come in August. Next week’s special session of the General Assembly will be entirely ...

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The presiding officer of the Maryland Senate said his chamber will easily pass the budget revenue package that Gov. Martin O’Malley plans to introduce on the first day of a special session of the General Assembly. It’s the House of ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley and General Assembly leaders will discuss details of next week’s special session today in Annapolis. Lawmakers are expected to come in with a compromise in place — raising some questions about how that can be done while ...

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