Carry-out food tax eyed in Maryland reform plan
The Joint State Tax Reform Study Committee votes to apply a 4 percent sales tax to carry out food, aligning it with dine-in meals. The move excludes grocery purchases and could raise the exempt bill threshold while potentially adding about 1 million dollars in annual state revenue.
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Annapolis
Maryland
General Assembly
Benjamin Cardin
D-Balt
Edward J Mason
B-Allegany
Cumberland
William Ratchford
Maryland math whizzes share panel at Johns Hopkins
Maryland's leading young mathematicians discuss life and school while at Johns Hopkins University for a national conference on childhood genius. Noted youths include Joseph Bates who entered Johns Hopkins at 13 and later Cornell, and 6 year old Jim Reardon studying astronomy at the Smithsonian.
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Maryland
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Hopkins
Joseph Bates
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Cornell
Terri Hill
Howard County
Wilde Lake High School
Jim Reardon
Montgomery County
The
Smithsonian
Eric
Brooklyn College
Karen Schreiber
Baltimore County
Maryland Senators Back Union Picketing Bill Amid Senate Push
The common site picketing bill would allow building trades unions to close an entire construction site over a dispute with a single subcontractor. Supporters say cloture may be invoked again to pass the measure, while opponents pledge ongoing resistance led by Sen. Jesse Helms. The bill, long contested since 25 years, would overturn a 1951 Supreme Court ruling and has passed the House.
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Washington
Congress
Afl-Cio
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Zoning panel bars girl and her goose Freddie Four votes fail
Jennifer Sebeck 13 loses appeal for keeping Freddie the goose in a Baltimore residential neighborhood. Despite teachers and family testimony of Freddie aiding the withdrawn student, the zoning commission votes four to deny a variance, ending the pet's 30 year presence and the girl's special education progress.
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Baltimore
Jennifer Sebeck
City Zoning Commission
Freddie
Jennifer
Margaret Sebeck
Cuccia
Reginal Griffith
Griffth
Goose stay? Maryland board splits over Freddie the goose
The Maryland board declined Freddie's housing variance after neighbor complaints and a missing fifth member. Opposed member Frank Cuccia voted against granting the variance, while neighbors defend Freddie as a nonproblem and worry about emotional harm to Jennifer if the goose leaves.
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Freddie
Frank Cuccia
Kenneth O. Wilson
Pets rights win in Prince George's County zoning scuttle
Prince George's County Council rejected a proposed ordinance to limit pets on small properties. Critics argued it would hamper veterinarians and animal-related services while supporters urged animal welfare measures. The sole proponent voice favored by one resident cited local complaints about cat and dog overpopulation.
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Upper Marlboro
Samuel Bronstein
College Park
Council
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