Tax foe starts challenge to Ehrlich in ’06
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s increased fees and taxes are already causing a backlash from one of Maryland's leading anti-tax activists. Robin Ficker, whose most recent campaign was a failed...
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‘Living wage,’ but not slots
Maryland lawmakers ended a rancorous 90-day session last night by rejecting expanded gambling for the second straight year and passing legislation that would make the state the first in the...
Busch may press for slots on ballot
Plans to expand gambling in Maryland this year are expected to die when the General Assembly adjourns tomorrow at midnight, but a few final twitches may shake Annapolis until then....
Ehrlich, Miller set to give up on slots
The likelihood of legalizing slot machines grew bleak yesterday as the state's two chief slots supporters, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, said they...
Busch endorses special session for lawmakers
Frustrated by the governor's unwillingness to discuss significant sources of revenues other than gambling, House Speaker Michael E. Busch suggested yesterday that keeping all 188 lawmakers in session beyond the...
Slots-vs.-taxes stalemate going down to wire
Pro-gambling lawmakers scrambled yesterday to assemble a significant tax package that could win approval from Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and free the administration's slots bill for a long-sought vote...
Assembly may miss deadline for Md. budget
The stalemate in Annapolis hardened yesterday as Senate leaders said there's no point in talking to their counterparts in the House of Delegates until Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and...
Delegates hint deal with slots and taxes
In a day of high political drama, leaders in the House of Delegates all but offered yesterday to pass Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s cherished slots initiative if he would...
All gambling issues on table, except one
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and top administration officials told a key House committee yesterday that they are willing to bend on virtually every aspect of their gambling plan except...
Governor, officials to make slots case to key committee
As Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. makes a public appeal for legalizing slots today to the House Ways and Means Committee, he must go beyond simply convincing delegates that new...