Maryland News - Page 27

News Brief: Slot machine supporters in the Maryland Senate beat back a series of efforts to hamper legislation to expand gambling in the state, setting the stage for a final vote on Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s heavily amended measure this morning.

News Brief: Dorchester County has been picked by a Maryland state legislative committee that could have slots.

News Brief: Maryland’s state senators that once opposed the expansion of legalized gambling are now changing their stance due to the financial pressures the state is facing.

News Brief: After its second major rewrite of Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s gambling proposal, a Senate committee approved last night a plan to permit 15,500 slot machines at three racetracks and three tourist destinations in Maryland.

News Brief: Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said last night that the Ocean Downs harness track will come out of Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s proposal to legalize slot machines in Maryland.

News Brief: A leader of Hispanic Republicans in Maryland says he doubts that black lawmakers legally can broker a deal to secure ownership of two proposed slot-machine emporiums, but adds that Hispanics also might be interested in casino ownership.

News Brief: The Maryland Legislative Black Caucus says it will support the Ehrlich administration's slot-machine bill if blacks are given ownership in two proposed casinos along Interstate 95.

News Brief: A national political committee headed by Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller raised $175,000 from gambling interests in the final six months of last year, according to records released yesterday.

News Brief: Gambling interests opened their checkbooks wide last year to Maryland’s governor, Senate President and other state leaders who supported legalizing slot machines, campaign finance reports show.

News Brief: A group of Prince George County lawmakers is threatening to scuttle any legislation that would expand gambling in Maryland unless the county is guaranteed a ‘destination resort’ casino and a hefty chunk of the proceeds.

News Brief: Baltimore County leaders denounced an idea to add slot machines to the Maryland State Fairgrounds and move it to the county’s east side.

News Brief: Ocean City’s council received mixed bag of responses when they asked for the public’s support to their opposition to slot machines.

News Brief: The president of the Maryland-D.C. chapter of the AFL-CIO, who represents about 1,000 workers at Maryland racetracks, spoke in favor of electronic gambling devices yesterday at a rally inside a Parks Heights barbershop.

News Brief: African-American communities are split over the impact slot machines would have on Maryland’s poor and working-class communities.

News Brief: Efforts to reach a grand legislative compromise on gambling in Maryland collapsed yesterday, prompting some lawmakers to predict a bruising fight over slot machines when the General Assembly convenes next month.

News Brief: The Montgomery County Council will wade into the statewide debate over slots in time for the next session of the Maryland General Assembly, according to County Council President Steven A. Silverman.

News Brief: While lawmakers have not decided whether to legalize slot machines gambling in Maryland, state officials are already preparing for the arrival of the machines.

News Brief: Just about every corner of Maryland is being pitched as a perfect place for gambling. But with one month to go before the General Assembly convenes for its annual legislative session, lawmakers are nowhere close to agreeing on a single plan.

News Brief: Harrah’s Entertainment Corp. reportedly bid $25-million for the physical assets of Rosecroft Raceway near Washington, D.C., the largest of ten bids for the facility believed to be the most lucrative in Maryland if legislators legalize video lottery terminals at state racetracks.

News Brief: Just five weeks before the opening of the 2004 legislative session, the future of slot machine gambling in Maryland, if there is one, is as muddled as ever.