Posts tagged Maryland Legislature
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Breakfast links: According to a poll
Cameras for money? People think so; Marylanders now strongly for equality; Transit for the people; Yuppified Union Market; Green features vs. bigger sewers; Parks: #5 but should be better; Google Maps for the ancients; And…; Your name at the top. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Motion like the tide
Anacostia fears tsunami; DDOT moves, but slowly; Barry blames press; Back to work; Costco not winning hearts; Infant mortality improves; Hope from DC’s renaissance; The snarl reaches Brazil; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Deeply divided
Virginia Senate divided over Silver Line; Maryland divided over special session; Council vs. mayor; LivingSocial gets LivingSocial-type deal on taxes; Buses down; Taller building gets OK; Kids allowed to walk to school; Fix DC elections; Peck wrongly sent packing?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budgetary matters
Slip in the budgetary back door; Gas tax hike goes down; Wal-Mart slows down; If a parking lot closes…; This boom ain’t a bubble; The exurbs are toast; And…. Keep reading…
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What killed the Prince George’s County bag bill?
On Saturday, the Environmental Matters committee of the Maryland House of Delegates voted down a measure that would have let Prince George’s County create a 5¢ bag fee, similar to those in Montgomery and DC. Just a couple of weeks ago, the bill narrowly passed a vote by the county delegation, and advocates thought they had cleared the biggest hurdle. Local bills with… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Legislative action
Not all love Gray’s budget; Evans introduces bill he didn’t understand; Confusion kills PG bag fee; Privatization reaches Maryland; Property tax to fund BRT?; Bethesda built for cars; WHO likes bikes and pedestrians; And…. Keep reading…
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Maryland Senate raises taxes in a more progressive way
The Maryland Senate voted today to increase income taxes to prevent large-scale cuts to schools, higher education, low-income health care and public safety. Last night, the full Senate made changes to the plan to make the tax increase more progressive. The revenue package is one part of an effort to close a $1.1 billion budget shortfall. Other pieces of the budget plan involve… Keep reading…
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Prince George’s bag fee wins key vote in Maryland House
This morning, delegates that represent Prince George’s County in the Maryland House of Delegates voted 12 to 9 in support of HB895, which would let let the county enact a 5¢ fee on disposable plastic and paper bags. This was the most significant hurdle, and the bill now has a very high chance of becoming law. The bill now moves to the Environmental Matters Committee of… Keep reading…
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It’s time for a statewide bag fee in Maryland
DC’s 5¢ bag fee is now 2 years old, and it has unquestionably achieved its goals. Shoppers have overwhelmingly switched to using reusable bags to carry their purchases, and fewer plastic bags are polluting the Anacostia River. But we all live downstream of somewhere, and bags and other trash continue to come in from Maryland and tarnish DC’s waters. Montgomery… Keep reading…
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Prince George’s shouldn’t gamble public money on casinos
Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker recently took a bold, yet controversial, step by identifying National Harbor as the one site where the county would support building a casino. Now, he should add an additional rule: any gaming deal must happen with no public subsidy. Maryland’s gaming law currently allows for only 5 video slot casinos throughout… Keep reading…