Requiring a Baltimore synagogue to pay a stormwater management fee imposed on city property owners does not violate the religious institution’s right to free exercise of religion, a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge has ruled in upholding a city appeals ...

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Baltimore County could be the first jurisdiction to attempt to eliminate its stormwater management fee since passage of state legislation that altered the program that became a statewide campaign issue and was dubbed “the rain tax.” The bill, introduced Monday ...

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A Baltimore synagogue is appealing the city appeals board decision that it must pay a stormwater management fee. And while Shaarei Tfiloh Congregation echoes arguments by critics that the fee is in fact a property tax by another name, it is also making a constitutional argument -- that the fee violates the synagogue's religious rights.

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The Maryland Senate on Thursday gave preliminary approval to Senate President Thomas V. "Mike" Miller Jr.'s stormwater management fee repeal bill.

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