Taylor tax cut proposal targets HMO and telecom taxes
Annapolis AP House Speaker Casper Taylor unveiled a plan to cut Maryland income taxes by 10 percent while raising taxes on health maintenance organizations and the telecommunications industry. The proposal aims to lower the top rate from 5 percent to 4.5 percent over three years, claiming to preserve fiscal integrity and improve the economy despite criticism of Governor Glendening’s broader tax cut. The plan warns of a potential $450 million yearly cost and future budget gaps.
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Casper Taylor
Parris Glendening
Taylor
Maryland
House
Allegany County Democrat
Glendening
Frederick detectives pursue killer in Stacy Hoffmaster case
City detectives continue to search for 15 year old Stacy Hoffmaster's killer a month after her body was found behind Southern States in Frederick. Sgt Jeffrey Hutchison and Detective Ed Kornacki say the case remains active with no arrests. They have questioned 30 to 40 people and keep an open mind about suspects including outsiders. They keep tips coming in daily and devote eight to ten hours daily to pursuing leads.
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Stacy Hoffmaster
Stacy
Jeffrey Hutchison
Ed Kornacki
Hutchison
Joseph R. Metheny
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Metheny
Beacon House chief uses hugs to welcome addicts
Pastor Mike Albro, 49, executive director at Beacon House Fredericksburg, says hugs are mandatory for residents including heroin cocaine and alcohol abusers. A former TV director he aims to turn Beacon House into a family home with education work skills and a resident run future. He plans a learning center with TVs and computers to help residents earn GEDs and work experience while mentoring them and coordinating training with major retailers.
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Beacon House
Pastor Albro
Albro
Frederick Resche
Ben Lindsay
Washington
Nashville
Tenn
Damascus Covenant Church
Word of Life Church
Eastgate
Linda
Leah
Noah
Aibro
Inside The News Weight Control Diet Feature
A brief classified style note discusses a weight control diet trend and related advice. It references a section labeled Inside The News and hints at page placements B-15-20 and -1-12 for further reading. The wording is compact and era-tinged with no concrete names.
Bills would crackdown on corrections cocktail violence
Maryland bills seek stiffer penalties for inmates who fling blood urine semen or feces at guards by upping fines to 10000 and prison terms to 10 years. The measure would bar work release or home detention for convicted offenders as corrections officers describe the abuse as disgusting and demeaning.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
Sue Hecht
Frederick Washington
Hecht
Police Chief Defends Community Services Division
Frederick City Police Chief Ray Raffensberger defended the 14 member community services division as a valuable city resource amid calls to replace it with more beat officers. Lt. Garry Hoyle said the division runs programs like Boy Scouts Seniors and Law Enforcement Together and a Chaplain Corps and will get 101 uniformed auxiliary members to begin training in March to assist with traffic and tickets. Local coalition leaders criticized the meetings and questioned improvements, while school officials noted positive student impact from officers in classrooms.
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Raffensberger
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Daniel Lathrop
South End Coalition
Garry Hoyle
South End
Hoyle
Uniformed Auxiliary
Police Academy
Nancy Beach
Gov. Thomas Johnson Middle School
Joseph Burck
Jesse Goode
Beach
Coalition
Robert Jones
Mr. Jones
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