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Transportation fund ‘lockbox’ sent to voters

Voters next year will be asked to approve a constitutional amendment creating a “lockbox” to prevent raids on the Transportation Trust Fund for other purposes, but Republican opponents said the measure was a sham that would provide little protection. The measure provides that money can only be taken out of the Transportation Trust Fund after a three-fifths vote of both houses of the Maryland General Assembly once the governor has declared a state of “fiscal emergency.”

Transportation fund ‘lockbox’ sent to voters

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Voters next year will be asked to approve a constitutional amendment creating a “lockbox” to prevent raids on the Transportation Trust Fund for other purposes, but Republican opponents said the measure was a sham that would provide little protection. The measure provides that money can only be taken out of the Transportation Trust Fund after a three-fifths vote of both houses of the Maryland General Assembly once the governor has declared a state of “fiscal emergency.”

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Gas tax bill approved by Senate committee

By Ilana Kowarski Ilana@MarylandReporter.com A controversial gas tax hike already passed by the House of Delegates was approved by a Senate committee on Thursday, moving it one step closer to becoming

Senate sends housing discrimination bill back to committee

By Ilana Kowarski Ilana@MarylandReporter.com A bill that would prohibit landlords from screening prospective tenants based on their source of income was sent back to a Maryland Senate committee after three days

Restrictions on referendum process won’t pass this session, Senate president says

Senate President Mike Miller Senate President Mike Miller told reporters Wednesday that new standards making it more difficult to petition new laws to the ballot are not likely to pass

Miller calls GOP delegates ‘Neanderthals’ over gas tax opposition

Senate President Mike Miller Responding to Republican assertions at a Tuesday morning news conference that a gas tax hike he proposed is unnecessary, Senate President Mike Miller said, “These people

Fully transparent State House still has a way to go

By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com It was not a great week for openness and transparency at the State House. Perhaps it is more accurate to say it was business as usual in

Proposal to webcast Senate committee voting shot down

Sen. Allan Kittleman Maryland citizens will have to wait at least another year to get remote access to one of the most important but least accessible parts of the legislative

Analysis: Tax-weary Assembly leery of gas tax hike

This is a slightly revised version of a column that appears in this month’s issue of The Business Monthly. By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Photo by Brian Herzog. A tax-weary legislature has no stomach

Miller embraces soft-shell crab as state sandwich

Senate President Mike Miller testifies for soft-shell crab sandwich. By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Lest you think designating an official state sandwich is too frivolous a notion to be worth the time and

Analysis: In O’Malley speech, something new, something refreshing, and something disappointing

Gov. Martin O’Malley State of State address 2012 By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com There was something new in Gov. Martin O’Malley’s State of the State address Wednesday, something refreshing, a lot of the

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