Briefs Panel stalls assault gun ban
In Annapolis the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee rejected two gun control bills on a 3-5 vote. The measures would have banned 39 specific semi automatic weapons and outlawed magazines holding more than 15 rounds. Sponsor Sen John A Pica Jr says the effort isn t dead for 1990 but likely to yield a weaker bill.
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Annapolis
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Frederick C. Markus
Dorchester
John A. Pica Jr
Baltimore
Maryland Senate backs PAC funding cap bill
In Annapolis the Senate Democratic leadership moved to limit political action committees by capping contributions to individual candidates at 8000 dollars over a four year cycle. The chamber rejected several effort to weaken or tighten the proposal, maintaining firm control of the bill.
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Annapolis
Senate
Maryland
Tree hugger bill draws Senate support in Maryland
In Annapolis environmentalists win tentative Senate backing for a 19 percent reforestation measure requiring builders to replant trees cut for new development. Opponents vow to regroup next week as debate continues. the bill traces to last year’s contentious debate. Senate President Mike Miller pushes open meetings reform, backed by news groups and broadcasters amid concerns of closed government.
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Annapolis
Senate
Maryland
Lewis Riley
Wicomico
House of Delegates
Thomas W. Mike Miller
Prince George's
Allegany County Eyeing State Prison Project
Maryland officials floated placing the state’s next large prison in Allegany County seeking local approval. The planned 2500-inmate facility would include boot camp to medium security with about 1000 jobs and a $50 million yearly payroll, potentially opening by 1995.
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Annapolis
Bishop Robinson
Maryland
Allegany County
Casper Taylor
D-Allegany
Robinson
Kramer offers tax cut in Montgomerys budget
Montgomery County Executive Sidney Kramer proposed a $1.5 billion budget that reduces the property tax rate from 2.97 to 2.87 per $100 of assessed value and lowers the education budget by 28 million below what schools requested. The plan cuts the school system's funding and pays only part of negotiated salary raises, suggesting a 4 percent increase instead of 7 percent.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Sidney Kramer
Kramer
Harry Pitt
Region fee hikes go largely unnoticed in state debate
In Annapolis the House leaders scrutinize an proposed eight million dollar increase in licensing fees seen as a hidden tax amid the loud tax debate over Governor Schaefer's snack tax plan. Speaker R Clayton Mitchell Jr and Delegate Charles Ryan push to examine the measure.
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Annapolis
William Donald Schaefer
House of Delegates
House
R. Clayton Mitchell Jr
Charles Ryan
Appropriates
Mitchell
D-Kent
Dennis Parkinson
Schaefer
Recycling bill clears hurdle in Maryland House
An Annapolis bill requiring publishers to use a percentage of recused newsprint won tentative House approval. Delegates defeated an amendment to force Environment Secretary exemptions for newspapers unable to secure recycled paper.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
George H. Littrell
D-Frederick
Del
Brian Fresh
D. Montgomery
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