Maryland’s biggest businesses, interest groups and labor unions increased spending on lobbyists to $15.5 million during the 2011 General Assembly session, according to the State Ethics Commission. That was a 14.4 percent bump over the 2010 session, when the top ...

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Some in the General Assembly are attempting to pass a bill that would increase the tax on a gallon of gasoline by 10 cents. Although this comes at a time when Marylanders are finding the price of gas a hard ...

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A closed meeting by any other name is still a closed meeting. And if it involves public officials doing the public’s business, a closed meeting is still an insult to our democratic process. The latest example of elected officials dodging ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Representatives from about 25 businesses and municipalities pressed a House committee Wednesday to approve legislation to codify Maryland’s common-law ban on plaintiffs in personal injury cases from recovering damages if they were partially at fault. Meanwhile, a trio ...

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