Legislative Update 23 March 2010

Backdoor taxes to hit middle class:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/bs_nm/us_budget_backdoortaxes

Union Power Grab:
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/opinion/display_columnist.htm?...

Counties face more cutting as state income tax payments fall:
The latest state income tax payments to local governments fell $61.8 million
year over year, piling new fiscal woes atop budgets already reeling from state
cuts, high snow removal costs and earlier revenue declines.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.ho.revenue09mar09,0,106...

Jessamy to ask for stronger gun laws
Baltimore's top prosecutor is heading to Annapolis to push state lawmakers to
pass stronger gun laws.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.guns11mar11,0,3266527.s...

Higher fees sought to pay for aiding poor
Marriage license, other civil actions, traffic fines would cost more to pay for
shelters, legal aid.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/legislature/bal-md.fees11mar11...

Five Cent Bag Tax Would go Towards Cleaning Bay
http://chesapeakebay.umd.edu/index.php?q=article/five-cent-bag-tax-would...

Talk of budget cuts escalates
Deficits, voter mood bolster lawmakers to pare hundreds of millions from $13
billion plan.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/legislature/bal-md.budget12mar...

Arundel slots foes gain enough signatures for referendum
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bal-md.slots12mar1201...

States may hold onto tax refunds for months
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-11-tax-refunds_N.htm?csp=34&...