ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate voted down an attempt to extend the quasi-public Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund’s exemption from the insurance premium tax Tuesday evening during a wide-ranging debate on budget issues. That move leaves the two chambers of the ...

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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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The new federal tax law, which contains changes to estate, gift and income tax rules, should keep estate-planning attorneys busy advising clients on retirement planning for at least the next two years. The changes packed into the tax law signed ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The top elected officials in Maryland’s two largest counties voiced their support to boost the state’s alcohol tax on Wednesday, while a leading advocate for the legislation said the measure still doesn’t quite have the votes needed to ...

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Starting in July, counties that have benefited from casino revenue will see a chunk of their money go to the city of Baltimore and Prince George’s County. According to Maryland law, local jurisdictions get 5.5 percent of the slots revenue ...

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Hollywood Casino Perryville has made $35.3 million since its September opening, but the town of Perryville itself hasn’t seen a dime. According to state law, 5.5 percent of the gross gaming revenues from Maryland’s casinos goes to local governments. But ...

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WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of the nation’s war widows find it perplexing and downright disrespectful to their late military husbands: In order to fully collect on insurance their husbands bought for them when alive, they must marry another man. ...

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How and why the city grants economic development incentives to private developers is the focus of a newly formed City Hall task force that will include developers, attorneys and business representatives. The Task Force on Baltimore City Public/Private Development Financing ...

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WASHINGTON — A massive tax package that would save millions of Americans thousands of dollars in higher taxes is headed for a vote in the House Thursday even as rebellious Democrats complain it is too generous to the wealthy. House ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Members of a Maryland commission continued to grapple with how to resolve large, unfunded liabilities in the pension and health benefit system for state workers Monday, delaying any decisions until next week after one contested cost-savings option was ...

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