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Little of gambling bill revenue comes from expansion
The gambling expansion bill crafted by a House panel will yield an additional $174 million in state revenue in 2016-2017, but more than three-quarters of the money comes from a reform that could have been adopted without controversy had it been considered...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Casino and Gambling Industry, Gambling, Politics
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State auditors looking into homestead credit
State auditors are examining how well Maryland's assessments agency has managed the homestead property tax credit, a popular tax break for homeowners that has come under increased scrutiny since The Baltimore Sun revealed that hundreds of city owners were...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Property Tax, Credit and Debt, Worcester County, Accounting and Auditing
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Not-quite-casinos to stay open in Arundel, Calvert
CHESAPEAKE BEACH — Doug Raines likes to travel by boat to his favorite gambling spot. He ties up at a marina outside Abner's Crab House and finds a seat in the "game room," where he pumps cash into one of the establishment's 100 slotlike machines....
Tags: Chesapeake Beach (Calvert County, Maryland), Calvert County, Justice System, Judges, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Five years is too many
Since 1794, the voters of Charm City have had the same political reality as most: a four-year ritual of choosing the most qualified mayoral and City Council candidates vying for their support, to serve a prescribed term understood by those very voters...
Tags: Primaries, Minority Groups, Voting, NAACP, Maryland General Assembly
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ANALYSIS: Can IRS police both taxes and health care law?
WASHINGTON (AP)— Can the Internal Revenue Service police President Barack Obama's health care mandate while simultaneously collecting all the taxes for running the federal government? The question is being renewed in the wake of the Supreme Court's...
Tags: Washington, DC, Charles W. Boustany, Jr., Fordham University, Health Insurance, Elections
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Tax credit errors spur calls for audits
City and state lawmakers called Monday for stepped-up scrutiny of property tax credit programs in Baltimore, after a Baltimore Sun investigation found that chronic errors have cost the city millions of dollars in lost revenue, despite warnings...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Finance, Credit and Debt, Accounting and Auditing
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Caesars says it's true to Baltimore
Executives of Caesars Entertainment, the leading bidder for a slots parlor in Baltimore, gave lawmakers explicit assurances Friday that their company will not abandon the city for Prince George's County if the General Assembly approves a casino there....Tags: Justice System, Woodrow Wilson, Cordish Cos., Lifestyle and Leisure, Entertainment
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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: Finance, Allegany County, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Baltimore Hotels
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Inaction could doom school-attendance legislation
andrews@herald-mail.comA bill aimed at settling a Western Maryland school-attendance dispute has died with an odd legacy. Even with 22 of the 23 members of the House Ways and Means Committee co-sponsoring the bill, it failed to advance from the committee, a preliminary step...Tags: Allegany County, Maryland General Assembly, Teaching and Learning, Students, Education
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House leaders to scrap Senate casino plan
With only three days remaining in the General Assembly's session, House leaders plan to scrap a Senate plan that would expand gambling in Maryland and write a substantially new bill — a move that could doom any effort to approve a sixth casino in...Tags: Michael E. Busch, Rushern Baker, Lifestyle and Leisure, Scott Peterson, Prince George's County
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Maryland set to raise school attendance age to 18
Maryland is poised to join a growing number of states that are requiring students to stay in school until their 18th birthday, a shift that President Barack Obama urged during his State of the Union address in January.
A measure to raise the compulsory...Tags: Government, Educational Development Corporation, National Government, American Civil Liberties Union, Barack Obama
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Miller lashes out at House as standoff lingers
With less than eight hours remaining before the General Assembly would have to go into an exteneded session, the House and Senate remain divided over income taxes and -- some believe -- casino gambling. As of late afternoon Monday, legislative leaders...Tags: Michael E. Busch, Politics
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