ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Republicans are denouncing tax increases in a budget deal proposed during a special session in Annapolis. Lawmakers convened Monday for a special session that’s expected to last about three days. Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley and the Democratic ...

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If lawmakers raise taxes on the wealthiest Marylanders during a redo of the 2012 General Assembly’s budget debate, some say state business will suffer. Others say that without the tax hike, lawmakers can’t reinstate business-friendly tax credits cut when the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The General Assembly is set to consider a so-called “bare bones” budget compromise Monday that reinstates cuts enacted by the “doomsday” budget but does not tie in any ancillary measures, like a gas tax increase or gambling expansion. ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley and leading lawmakers are set to discuss Maryland’s upcoming special legislative session. The Democratic governor agreed to call the special session after the Democratic-led legislature failed to agree on a budget, triggering more than $500 ...

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It’s the other moment everyone has been waiting for. Not the conclusion of public budget talks between Gov. Martin O’Malley, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and House of Delegates Speaker Michael E. Busch — but the start. The ...

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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic bill Tuesday to preserve low interest rates for millions of college students’ loans, as the two parties engaged in election-year choreography aimed at showing each is the better protector of families in today’s ...

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WASHINGTON — The Senate is the newest arena in the election-year face-off over federal student loans, and both sides are starting out by pounding away at each other. With Congress returning from a weeklong spring recess, the Senate plans to ...

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A special legislative session where income taxes will likely to be raised means bad news for Maryland business, according to the Republican leader of the House of Delegates. But the state’s Democratic leadership, which holds a supermajority in the legislature, ...

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A spokeswoman for Gov. Martin O’Malley said Wednesday that the announcement of a special legislative session — likely the week of May 14 — could come in the next day or two. Today is the second of those two days. ...

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If 20 Republican lawmakers in Missouri have their way, it will soon be illegal for administrators, teachers and even students to talk about homosexuality in the state’s public schools. Derided as the “don’t say gay” bill by opponents, HB 2051 ...

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