David Nitkin

Legislative leaders are seriously considering the prospect of a special session of the General Assembly this summer to authorize a November referendum on legalizing slot machine gambling. Senate President Thomas...

Small businesses would gain if Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. allows Maryland to become the first state in the nation with a "living wage" requirement, minority business leaders said yesterday...

Plans to expand gambling in Maryland this year are expected to die when the General Assembly adjourns tomorrow at midnight, but a few final twitches may shake Annapolis until then....

The likelihood of legalizing slot machines grew bleak yesterday as the state's two chief slots supporters, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, said they...

Pro-gambling lawmakers scrambled yesterday to assemble a significant tax package that could win approval from Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and free the administration's slots bill for a long-sought vote...

The stalemate in Annapolis hardened yesterday as Senate leaders said there's no point in talking to their counterparts in the House of Delegates until Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and...

In a day of high political drama, leaders in the House of Delegates all but offered yesterday to pass Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s cherished slots initiative if he would...

The Maryland Senate took a step yesterday toward helping thousands of residents buy lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, granting preliminary approval to legislation requiring state health officials to seek federal...

The House of Delegates will debate today a sweeping health care initiative that would be partly funded by a new tax on HMO premiums after the bill was approved by...

The House of Delegates voted last night to rein in double-digit tuition increases at Maryland's public universities by raising the corporate income tax and devoting the increased revenue to higher...