Thomas V. Mike Miller

One special session down, another to go?

2012-05-20 13:39:00

State Sen. Jamie Raskin likens the prospect of being called back to Annapolis for another special session to the plight of a middle school student being told on the last day of classes that he has to attend summer school. But the Montgomery County...

General Assembly raises income tax on top 14 percent

2012-05-16 18:01:00

It took three carefully scripted days, but Maryland's ruling Democrats finally put in place the budget deal that eluded them in the waning hours of the state's regular session last month. The revenue package approved by the House on Wednesday will...

Special session fallout

2012-05-16 10:55:00

They did what they had to do, and they went home. That's the best that can be said of the special session of the Maryland General Assembly that concluded today. The tax increases, spending cuts, fund transfers and other measures lawmakers approved in 21/2...

House poised to approve income tax increase

2012-05-15 18:42:00

After beating back a series of challenges in the House of Delegates, lawmakers are poised to give final approval Wednesday to a plan to raise the state income tax to fund schools, police and Medicaid. The legislation, introduced Monday by Gov. Martin O'...

Ire over income tax plan to get louder Monday

2012-05-13 13:53:00

A Maryland family making more than $175,000 will pay at least $254 more in income taxes this year under a revenue-raising plan the Maryland General Assembly is expected to take up when it convenes for special session on Monday. The same family of joint...

Miller, Busch make nice after session fiasco

2012-05-08 07:14:00

If any ill will remains between the state's two top legislative leaders over the chaotic end to this year's session, the two concealed it well at the Democratic Party's gala fund-raiser in Greenbelt Monday night. Despite the mutual finger-pointing...

Lawmakers want special session to stick to budget

2012-05-08 10:51:00

�In theory, a special session of the General Assembly could be an opportunity raise any issue a legislator wanted to attempt to put on the agenda. In reality, there seems to be virtually no desire on the part of lawmakers to deal with anything but the...

Legislation would give state voters more political gift information

2012-04-29 19:35:00

In more than 30 states, if a corporate chieftain were to ask top executives to contribute to a politician, an inquisitive voter could easily learn that the firm was bankrolling the candidate. But not in Maryland. Campaigns are not required to disclose...

Md. Senate Democrats hold caucus

2012-05-02 07:17:00

Democratic members of the Maryland Senate� caucused Wednesday morning �in Annapolis, apparently summoned by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller to discuss the prospects for special sessions of the General Assembly this year. More than half the members...

Senators expecting special session May 14-15

2012-05-02 08:41:00

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller has asked members of his Democratic caucus to set aside May 14 and 15 for what he hopes will be a two-days-and-out special session to revive a tax increase bill that died the last night of the regular session and...

What now? Legislative leaders decry budget cuts, say special session is needed

2012-04-10 17:36:30

Democratic lawmakers limped out of Annapolis Tuesday having enacted a "doomsday" budget that slashes spending for education and other services they do not want to cut — and with no clear plan on how to fix a political mess of their own making....

Assembly still hasn't passed a budget

2012-04-07 18:38:00

Pushing legislative brinkmanship to its limits, the General Assembly will go into the last scheduled day of its 90-day session Monday without an agreement on the one thing it must get done under Maryland's Constitution: pass a balanced budget. Most...

kicked off the news conference in the Senate's lounge with an endorsement of the effort to bring lawmakers of both parties together on issues that don't excite partisan passions.

2012-01-05 00:00:00

Senate president, Thomas V. Mike Miller , Jr. presides over the debates on amendments on the Senate floor on same-sex marriage.

2011-02-24 00:00:00

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller talks with Sen. Catherine Pugh (D-40) before Tuesday's session. She is lead sponsor in the Senate of a bill to place a statue of Harriet Tubman in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol. But this would mean replacing the statue of Declaration signer John

2011-02-22 00:00:00