WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says a congressional vote on the tax-cut deal he negotiated with Republicans will determine whether the nation’s economy “moves forward or backward.” The president again pressed Congress to pass the agreement, saying it has the ...

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WASHINGTON — Slowly, painfully and reluctantly, congressional Democrats are slogging their way toward acceptance of President Barack Obama’s tax cut compromise, which would let rich and poor Americans keep Bush-era tax cuts that were scheduled to expire this month. After ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The state could review as early as next month a proposal to open a temporary casino next to the Arundel Mills shopping mall following a ballot referendum campaign that paved the way for development of the largest casino ...

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WASHINGTON — Leaders from both parties in Congress vowed Tuesday to spare more than 21 million taxpayers from significant tax increases when they file their returns next spring by adjusting the alternative minimum tax before the end of the year. ...

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A range of tax increases and budget cuts are on the table next year as Maryland legislators struggle with a $1.7 billion structural deficit, according to leading Democrats in the General Assembly. Taxes on alcohol, gasoline, corporate income and sales ...

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Parking lot owners are protesting a proposal to increase Baltimore’s parking tax for the second time in 17 months, saying the total increase of 67 percent is too much to bear. Posters and fliers with red stop sign-shaped images hang ...

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