Doubts grow on slots-tax compromise
One legislative chamber sees the long-term solution to Maryland's budget crisis in the $670 million tax package it approved last week. The other believes the answer should come through legalizing...
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Pro-slots forces rally pre-hearing support
Maryland's pro-slots forces are trying to whip up public support in anticipation of Tuesday's hearing on Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s gambling bill, planning to showcase horsemen, union workers and...
Dorchester voters may get slots issue
The on-again, off-again debate over permitting slot machines in Cambridge might be decided by Dorchester County voters in the November election. Sen. Richard F. Colburn, a Republican who represents the...
Firms scout sites for slots facilities
The wait for a House committee vote on Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s slots proposal hasn't dampened interest among casino companies in getting involved in Maryland. One major company --...
Slots prey on weakest, foes warn Assembly
Expanded gambling will prey on Maryland's poor and most vulnerable citizens, threatening catastrophe for some of the state's most economically depressed communities, slot machine opponents warned a House committee yesterday....
House Republican caucus pushes for a vote on slots
Almost a decade ago, they united against slots, a 41-member caucus vowing to oppose gambling legislation in the Maryland General Assembly. But yesterday, the Republicans of the House of Delegates...
Ocean Downs lobbies for slots
Owner William Rickman Jr. is furiously working to get his Ocean Downs harness racing track put back into the General Assembly's slots legislation, meeting with lawmakers and people living near...
Agency’s slots role clouded by audit
A scathing audit of the Maryland Stadium Authority could have broader repercussions as the debate over legalizing casino-style gambling shifts to the House of Delegates, some legislators say. The issue:...
As others race to opt out, Cecil embraces slots bill
PERRYVILLE - As community after community scrambles to keep from being one of the potential sites for a casino-style slots den, leaders in the Northeast Maryland county of Cecil say...
‘It just rolled over’
A fierce gust of wind flipped over a crowded Seaport Taxi off Fort McHenry yesterday, leaving one dead and three presumed drowned as federal safety officials began an investigation into...