Md. leaders push $1.2 billion in taxes, tolls and fees to avoid cuts

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Maryland Democrats passed an expansive education investment without a way to pay for it. Now leaders in the House of Delegates are pushing tax hikes.

Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones, a Baltimore County Democrat, announces a plan to raise more than $1 billion in revenue for K-12 education and transportation during a news conference with other House Democrats on Friday in Annapolis. Democrats in the Maryland House of Delegates launched a $1.2 billion tax, toll and fee increase package Friday certain to

The multipart proposal, structured to force state senators to haggle, seeks an amendment to the Maryland Constitution that would legalize and tax online poker and other internet gambling. She and other House leaders positioned themselves as the wing of Democrats willing to tackle tough problems to preserve the values the party shares.

 

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