WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama supports a bill to give states more authority to collect sales tax from Internet retailers. White House spokesman Jay Carney says the Senate bill would level the playing field for small ...

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WASHINGTON — The head of the District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce is calling for a sales tax cut in the city’s new budget. Chamber President Barbara Lang tells The Washington Examiner the city has amassed a surplus in funds ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The House of Delegates is scheduled to take up a transportation funding measure. The House is set to take up amendments on Wednesday to the bill, which would raise hundreds of millions of dollars annually in new revenue ...

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A day after meeting with the Democratic leaders of the General Assembly, Gov. Martin O'Malley may soon introduce a bill that would raise hundreds of millions of dollars for transportation projects.

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Gov. Martin O'Malley plans to meet with the presiding officers of the General Assembly on Thursday afternoon to discuss transportation revenue options.

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Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, who has made his opening statements at Board of Public Works meetings can't-miss political theater for at least the last year, returned to a favorite topic Wednesday morning: handicapping Maryland professional sports.

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As Marylanders join millions of others nationwide in the computer shopping blitz that’s become known as Cyber Monday, they should think about this: If they paid the sales tax they owe to the state for such purchases, Maryland would be ...

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WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia can collect sales taxes on the rates hotel guests pay for rooms they book through online travel companies, a judge has ruled. The city has been collecting taxes on the wholesale rates that the ...

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Shoppers in Maryland are taking advantage of the state’s weeklong sales tax holiday. Through Saturday, purchases of qualifying clothes and shoes for $100 or less are exempt from the state’s 6 percent sales tax. The sales tax holiday is meant ...

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It’s that time of year again — devastating humidity, last-hurrah crab feasts — and, for the third consecutive year, the state’s tax-free shopping week. From Sunday through Aug.18, shoes and apparel priced less than $100 will be exempt from Maryland’s 6 percent sales tax.

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