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Analysts say there's room in Maryland market for another casino
Maryland could gain as much as $161 million in revenue by authorizing a casino in Prince George's County and adding table games statewide, the staff of the General Assembly and its consultants told a work group on gambling expansion Tuesday. The combined...Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Sheila E., Lifestyle and Leisure, Harbor, Anne Arundel County
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Gambling panel to get consultant's numbers
A task force on a possible expansion of gambling is scheduled to receive projections Tuesday from the state's consultants on the likely impact of allowing a sixth casino in Maryland while permitting table games. The answers the panel receives from the...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Casino and Gambling Industry, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Prince George's County, John Morton
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Busch leaves door open for special session
House Speaker Michael E. Busch left the door open Thursday to continued efforts to reach an agreement on expanded gambling in time to call a special legislative session this summer, saying he expects to talk with the governor and Senate president to try...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Executive Branch, Politics, Regional Authority, Government
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Proposed casino could bring Las Vegas to the Potomac
It's not hard, after visiting National Harbor, to see what the fuss is all about.
The sprawling, gleaming development along the Potomac River in Prince George's County boasts expensive stores, a half-dozen hotels, highway access and convention traffic &#...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Tourism and Leisure, Baltimore Hotels, Georgetown, Prince George's County
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Baker returns to Annapolis to fight for Prince George's — this time as county executive
When Rushern L. Baker III took office as Prince George's County executive 14 months ago, he faced a monumental cleanup challenge.
His predecessor had just been arrested in one of the most sweeping corruption scandals in Maryland history. Prince George'...Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Martin O'Malley, Local Government, Annapolis, Lifestyle and Leisure
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As gasoline prices rise, Obama takes aim at alternative-energy critics
With rising oil prices creating a drag on the economy and his re-election effort, President Barack Obama mocked Republican critics of his alternative-energy policy Thursday, comparing them to the "cynics and naysayers" who didn't believe the Earth was...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Petroleum Industry, Fox News Channel (tv network), Renewable Energy, Wind Power
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Arundel Mills slots parlor installs first set of machines
Four trucks laden with 100 slot machines arrived early Wednesday morning at the nearly completed casino at Arundel Mills mall. For the next two hours, workers wheeled banks of the gleaming new machines, one by one, inside on hand trucks.
Installation...Tags: Annapolis, Lifestyle and Leisure, Penn National Gaming, Harbor, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Baker backs casino in Prince George's
Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III is dropping the county's long-standing opposition to a casino within its borders and endorsing construction of a $1 billion, Las Vegas-style gambling palace at the riverside development known as...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Annapolis, Penn National Gaming, Lifestyle and Leisure, Economy, Business and Finance
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Agreement reached on plan to increase taxes
Gov. Martin O'Malley and legislative leaders announced Wednesday an agreement to raise taxes on 16 percent of the state's earners and reverse a series of so-called "Doomsday" cuts the General Assembly enacted last month when a budget deal collapsed....
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Budgets and Budgeting, Lifestyle and Leisure, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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One special session down, another to go?
State Sen. Jamie Raskin likens the prospect of being called back to Annapolis for another special session to the plight of a middle school student being told on the last day of classes that he has to attend summer school. But the Montgomery County...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Local Government, Anthony J O'Donnell, Crime, Law and Justice
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Let's scrap Baltimore slots and put them in National Harbor
Dan Rodricks raises an interesting point but still only offers two possible solutions to the slots conundrum ("On slots: A deal's a deal, baby," May 10). While it's true that developer David Cordish is playing by the rules originally set out in the...Tags: Harbor
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Slots commission rejects Landow's bid for Rocky Gap
Maryland's slots commission threw out a bid Friday by former state Democratic Party Chairman Nathan Landow to build a casino at Rocky Gap, leaving a single offer in play for the Western Maryland resort. The decision concerning one of Maryland's five...Tags: U.S. Senate, Annapolis, Finance, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Economy, Business and Finance
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