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Bill to require sales tax for online purchases advances in Senate
Online shoppers would have to pay state sales taxes on more purchases under legislation that advanced in the U.S. Senate on Monday — but Marylanders could also wind up paying a smaller increase in gasoline taxes. Bricks-and-mortar stores have long...
Tags: Sales, Chris Christie, Annapolis, U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Party
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Sides weigh in on Internet sales tax issue
The Hawk Eye, Burlington, IowaEver since online businesses arrived in the 1990s, the collection of sales tax has been a sore spot of contention between brick-and-mortar retail stores and their Internet counterparts. The issue of allowing states to collect sales tax on Internet sales...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Jewelry, Chuck Grassley, Tom Harkin, Personal Service
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Drug Crime Bill Moves Out of First House Committee
Channel 2 NewsA Senate bill that changes how Alaska punishes drug possession crimes has moved out of its first committee of referral in the House. SB56, by Sen. Fred Dyson, was advanced from the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. The bill would make the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Long stalled, Md gun bill moving ahead
The Baltimore SunGov. Martin O'Malley's sweeping gun bill that has stalled in the House of Delegates will get a key committee vote on Friday, delegates said. The Maryland Senate in February moved swiftly on legislation that would ban the sale of assault-style rifles,...Tags: Prince George's County, Martin O'Malley, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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House, Senate still at impasse on pit bull bill
Maryland's pit bulls remained in peril Wednesday as two legislators clashed over a lingering House-Senate impasse on a bill that would invalidate a court decision labeling the bill as inherently dangerous. Del. Luiz R. S. Simmons took advantage of a...Tags: Michael E. Busch, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Md. House still 'ruminating' on assault weapons ban
The Baltimore SunFour weeks after Gov. Martin O'Malley's gun-control bill passed the Senate, a key House committee has yet to schedule a vote and continues to debate whether to scale it back. Among the possible changes still on the table: whether to take the AR-15 and a...Tags: Martin O'Malley, National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control, Firearms, Politics
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Tri-State briefs
Franklin County’s health status announced April 18 CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Summit Health, in cooperation with Penn State Institute of State and Regional Affairs, will announce the results of the 2012 Community Health Needs Assessment of Franklin...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, FBI, Justice System, Employment Opportunities, U.S. House Committee on Rules
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Cyber-bullying bill passes House, heads to Senate
A bill inspired by the suicide of a teenage Howard County girl who was a victim of a harassment campaign over social media passed the House unanimously Saturday. The legislation now goes to the Senate. The measure seeks to outlaw the use of Internet-...
Tags: Easter, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Social Media
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Election Date Bill Advances from Final House Committee
Channel 2 NewsGov. Sean Parnell's proposal to move up the date of Alaska's primary elections has moved one step closer to a vote. The House Judiciary Committee advanced HB104, which would shift the date of the primary from the fourth Tuesday in August to the second...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Primaries, Sean Parnell, Justice System
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Supporters mount campaign to preserve assault weapons ban
Gov. Martin O'Malley and gun-control advocates launched an offensive Thursday to protect his proposed ban on assault-type weapons from a House committee's efforts to scale it back. "Military-style assault weapons belong on the battlefield, NOT on the...
Tags: Annapolis, Personal Weapon Control, Elections, Montgomery County (Maryland), Lobbying
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Why we should ban assault weapons
In 2002, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the Washington region for three weeks by firing bullets at innocent people in parking lots and at gas stations, ultimately killing 10 people and wounding three others. They used a Bushmaster XM-15...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Martin O'Malley, Annapolis, Personal Weapon Control, Regional Authority
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Delegates consider scaling back assault weapons ban, O'Malley calls for action
The Baltimore SunDelegates are considering scaling back the assault weapons ban in Gov. Martin O'Malley's gun bill to keep legal the sale of guns used recent mass shootings in Newtown, Conn. and Aurora, Colo. O'Malley blasted an email to supporters Thursday morning,...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Anthony G. Brown, Personal Weapon Control, Firearms, Politics
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