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Bay Foundation: Don’t kill rain tax
Environmental activists are calling on Maryland legislators to defeat efforts to repeal a controversial stormwater management fee, citing an increasing level of water pollution related to storm runoff.
Md. blasts Frederick’s token storm water fee
FREDERICK — The Maryland attorney general’s office is threatening to fine Carroll County up to $10,000 a day for failing to implement a fee on property owners to fight storm […]
Hagerstown won’t charge stormwater fee
HAGERSTOWN — The city of Hagerstown will not charge property owners a fee to help pay for a state-mandated stormwater remediation effort, but it is unclear how the city will […]
Deal would possibly cut ‘rain tax’ up to 85% for port businesses
Baltimore officials are close to an agreement with port and other harbor-area industries that could significantly reduce the amount those businesses would pay under the city’s proposed stormwater fee.
Montgomery County firefighters drop opposition to ambulance fee
ROCKVILLE — The Montgomery County Volunteer Fire-Rescue Association is ending its effort to put a controversial ambulance fee to a public vote. The firefighters announced Monday that they have struck […]
Frosh wants to stop utility charge during outage
ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland state senator wants to stop allowing utilities to charge a fee to cover storm-related losses, even after many customers had to go without power for days. […]
Clock ticks on billable hours
To bill (per hour) or not to bill (per hour)? That. Is the question. In today’s shaky economy law firms are talking about (and implementing) alternative payment methods to the […]
Opponents want fee on lands leased for fracking
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland opponents of a controversial drilling technique want to asses a $10 per-acre fee on land leased for extracting gas. The retroactive fee would apply to lands leased […]
Lawyers in N.Y. Facebook suit spar over fee amount
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lawyers for Facebook are looking for $84,000 in legal fees from a New York man after a judge ruled he caused delays in his lawsuit seeking part […]
Week in review – 1/27/12: Sparrows Point is back to work
Sparrows Point is back to work Employees of the RG Steel plant in Baltimore County’s Sparrows Point have returned to work earlier than expected after about 720 of them were furloughed […]
Court of Appeals: Foreclosure trustee can’t add fee
Trustees handling a foreclosure sale cannot require a winning bidder to pay their attorneys’ fees for reviewing documents when the deed changes hands, the state’s highest court held Tuesday. The […]
Verizon Wireless to charge $2 for one-time payment
NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless, the country’s largest cellphone company, said Thursday that it will start charging $2 for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit […]
