Md. Lawmakers Call On Governor Not To Raise Taxes
Some Maryland lawmakers are calling on Governor Martin O'Malley not to raise taxes.
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Some Maryland lawmakers are calling on Governor Martin O'Malley not to raise taxes.
Maryland Republicans say the state can survive the so-called doomsday budget passed by the legislature last week and that a special session to fix the plan and raise taxes is not necessary.
The Maryland House Republican Caucus has scheduled a news conference to discuss the possibility of taxes being considered in a special session.
Property taxes will go up 3.1 cents under Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold's proposed $1.2 billion budget.
Anne Arundel County's embattled police chief is under fire again.
Pro-life demonstrators arrested during a protest settle with the state and announce another demonstration this summer.
A state senator said he has filed an ethics complaint against a delegate who asked him to support a provision in a bill that would have made it easier for that delegate to repay about $75,000 in penalties he owes to a state real estate fund.
Under the ax. Millions of dollars in state budget cuts take effect July 1 unless the General Assembly agrees on a plan to raise taxes.
Gov. Martin O'Malley will be talking about an initiative to partner Maryland's leading academic institutions with promising technologies.
The town of Mounty Airy is preparing to switch from paper ballots to electronic voting machines for the first time.
Maryland congressional candidate Wendy Rosen is focusing on the general election after her opponent conceded the race for the Democratic nomination in the 1st District.
Maryland's highest court will decide whether a referendum on a measure allowing in-state tuition for illegal immigrants will appear on the general election ballot this fall.
Gov. Martin O'Malley says he plans to meet with the General Assembly's presiding officers to discuss a special session on the budget.
The union representing Anne Arundel County's sergeants and lieutenants has a message for County Executive John Leopold: They want him gone and they're mounting a campaign to force him out.
Budget mess in Maryland. Millions of dollars for education and public safety on the chopping block. WJZ catches up with Gov. Martin O'Malley who says he's not ready to call a special session just yet.
