ANNAPOLIS — Natural gas companies would have to pay for safety studies before drilling into Western Maryland’s Marcellus Shale deposits under legislation passed by the House of Delegates Tuesday, a move that one Garrett County lawmaker said would discourage the ...

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A bill to lower Baltimore’s property tax rate by 20 cents by 2020 was introduced Monday night before the City Council. The legislation is a follow up to a campaign pledge made by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake last year while she ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Officials representing the sole applicant hoping to put a slots parlor in downtown Baltimore say they support a bill that would create a sixth casino in Maryland. Trevor Busche, vice president for corporate development for Caesars Entertainment Corp., ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The House Appropriations Committee is working on Maryland budget legislation. To start a long day of budget labors on Friday, Delegate Norman Conway, D-Wicomico, announced that a proposal to split teacher pensions between the state and local governments ...

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ANNAPOLIS – John Stowell sees dollar signs when he thinks about gay marriage becoming legal in Maryland. Stowell, the director of sales and marketing at The Intercontinental Harbor Court hotel in the Inner Harbor, says the hotel’s reception hall is ...

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WASHINGTON — Senate leaders are ending their standoff over President Barack Obama’s judicial nominations and are moving ahead on a small-business bill. The Senate was on the brink of 17 grueling votes in a row Wednesday on fill vacant judgeships. ...

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ANNAPOLIS — With soil properties that match those of the famous Napa Valley in California, Maryland is primed to increase its footprint in the wine industry. Or it would be, a Maryland Wineries Association spokeswoman said, if the cost to ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland delegate wants to update a law in order to legalize starting a car remotely. Delegate Barbara Frush said during a Friday afternoon bill hearing that she recently learned that starting a car remotely is illegal because ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A week after celebrating the signing of legislation to legalize gay marriage, supporters of same-sex unions are working to fend off an attempt to overturn the law. Marylanders for Marriage Equality, a coalition of organizations that back unions ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate has narrowly rejected an amendment that would have altered when speed cameras can be used to ticket drivers in work zones. The body rejected the amendment, which would have change a bill designed to allow ...

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