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Guy Guzzone

Compromise budget package ties vehicle registration fees to broader weight classes

Electric vehicle owners will see their registrations increase even more as lawmakers seek a balance with motorists who pay gas taxes.

House and Senate leaders say they have a budget agreement

A House and Senate budget conference committee will finalize details of the annual spending plan on Thursday afternoon. We have the basics of the deal here.

House fiscal leader can’t rule out extended session on budget

A House-Senate conference committee will meet again Wednesday afternoon but neither side appears to have softened on taxes and gaming.

Legislative notes: Freedom to Read Act and bills on paint recycling, utility transparency and crisis hotline advance

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‘I can’t wait to talk to all the librarians and the parents and the advocates who worked with me the last 12 months,’ says exultant sponsor of Freedom to Read Act.

Budget compromise languishes as House, Senate debate revenues

The $1.2 billion tax, fee and gaming package from the House remains the sticking point for senators. And it isn’t clear when the budget conference committee will meet again.

Budget panel defers decisions on taxes, transportation and childcare

House-Senate budget conference committee to ‘talk about it some more’ and meet again on Monday.

House, Senate to hammer out budget in conference committee

Key difference is a reliance by House Democrats on $1.3 billion in new tax and gaming revenues. Senate Democrats say combined corporate tax reporting and iGaming are ‘a hard no.’

No room for compromise for Senate on $1.2 Billion House revenue proposal

House leaders education, transportation require funding solutions now, an approach the Senate continues to reject.

Legislature to consider deal that donates Pimlico racetrack to the state

Disposition of Laurel Park race track is unknown, but the Stronach Group will retain ownership and could sell it to developers.

A tax bill cometh?

House Ways and Means Chair Vanessa Atterbeary said her committee will consider ‘a mix’ of tax proposals this week to send to the Senate, which does not want to raise revenues this year.