Maryland lawmakers push to finish 1993 budget and welfare reforms
Maryland lawmakers return for a final stretch of the 1993 General Assembly, aiming to complete a $14.5 billion state budget and welfare reform. Key issues include gun control, Medicaid managed care, brownfields, and tax credits for job creation. Leaders expect votes to test support. welfare reforms face changes and veto risks amid ongoing lobbying by groups like the Maryland State Rifle and Pistol Association.
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General Assembly
Lee Destle
House
Senate
House of Committee
N Committee
Glendening
Barbara Shipnuck
Baltimore Eyes Highest East Coast Hotel Tax Hike
AP reports Baltimore plans to raise the hotel tax from 7 percent to 9 9 percent starting June 1, boosting the total with the state 5 percent to about 14.9 percent. Mayor Schmoke says the levy funds the $43 million yearly debt on the convention center expansion, with the Board of Estimates to review. Hoteliers react with surprise and concern that such a steep rise will hurt the industry.
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Baltimore
Kurt L. Schmoke
Schmoke
Baltimore Convention Center
Board of Estimates
Gary A. Oster
Stoulter Renaissance Harborplace
Global university mission travels with soldiers in former Yugoslavia
In Zagreb and across Bosnia and Hungary, uniformed troops study for bachelor and associate degrees through the University of Maryland overseas program. Gypsy professors teach under tents with mud chalkboards, delivering distance education to 400-plus students in war zones.
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Cova R.cashaus
Cannes
France
Washington
Metheuz Miller
South Korea
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Croatia
Aoe
Sgt. Miller
Globe
Yugoslavia
University of Cbavelent University
Zagreb
Joseph Arden
Italy
Iceland
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College Park
David Sparks
UMUC
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Lukavac
Bosnia
Kaposavar
Taszar
Hungary
Mark Rischar
Arden
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UMAC
Saigon
Mary Secrist
Heidelberg
Sopehsco
Dr. Secrist
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