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News from July 2023

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Maryland collected 19.5% more in income taxes in 2022

By Maryland State Wire | Jul 16, 2023

Of the $29.4 billion in taxes collected by Maryland in 2022, $14.4 billion came from income taxes, a 19.5 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Following Years-Long Push, Van Hollen, Markey Join Vp Harris In Baltimore To Announce Launch Of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

By Maryland State Wire Report | Jul 16, 2023

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Tom Carper, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) will join Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to announce the launch of the National Clean Investment Fund and the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator – two competitive grant programs under the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF).

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Cardin-Wicker Legislation to Brand the Wagner Group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Approved by Senate Foreign Relations Committee

By Maryland State Wire Report | Jul 16, 2023

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), and Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking Senate member of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, lauded committee approval Thursday of their legislation, the Holding Accountable Russian Mercenaries (HARM) Act.

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VA’s Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Maryland average $435,831 for Q2

By Maryland State Wire | Jul 15, 2023

The VA’s Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Maryland for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2023 averaged $435,831, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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20 people die from Alzheimer's disease in Maryland during week ending July 8

By Maryland State Wire | Jul 15, 2023

There were 20 deaths from Alzheimer's disease reported in Maryland in the week ending July 8, making up 2.2% of total deaths by all causes in Maryland.

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FDA conducted lowest number of inspections on Veterinary companies in Maryland during Q2 2023

By Maryland State Wire | Jul 15, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted three inspections at three Veterinary companies from Maryland in the second quarter of 2023.

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Van Hollen Secures $375m For New Fbi Headquarters In Senate Fsgg Appropriations Bill

By Maryland State Wire Report | Jul 15, 2023

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) released the following statement regarding the inclusion of $375 million in funding for a new FBI Headquarters within the passage of the Committee’s Fiscal Year 2024 funding legislation by the full Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Maryland collected 14.7% more in sales and gross receipts taxes in 2022

By Maryland State Wire | Jul 15, 2023

Of the $29.4 billion in taxes collected by Maryland in 2022, $12.1 billion came from sales and gross receipts taxes, a 14.7 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Maryland ranks 10th in the U.S. for the most selective sales and gross receipts taxes paid in 2022

By Maryland State Wire | Jul 15, 2023

In 2022, Maryland collected $5,501,632,000 in selective sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it 10th in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Cardin, Kaine, Rubio and Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Any U.S. President from Leaving NATO

By Ben Cardin | Jul 15, 2023

As North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) leaders meet for the 2023 Vilnius summit in Lithuania, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), all members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Angus King (I-Maine), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), reintroduced their bipartisan bill to explicitly prohibit any President of the United States from withdrawing from NATO without Senate approval or an Act of Congress.

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28 people die from diabetes mellitus in Maryland during week ending July 8

By Maryland State Wire | Jul 15, 2023

There were 28 deaths from diabetes mellitus reported in Maryland in the week ending July 8, making up 3.1% of total deaths by all causes in Maryland.

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Maryland collected 23.4% more in miscellaneous taxes in 2022

By Maryland State Wire | Jul 15, 2023

Of the $29.4 billion in taxes collected by Maryland in 2022, $288.5 million came from miscellaneous taxes, a 23.4 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Maryland collected $33.5 million in taxes on motor vehicle operator licenses in 2022

By Maryland State Wire | Jul 15, 2023

Of the $29.4 billion in taxes collected by Maryland in 2022, 0.1 percent, or $33.5 million, came from taxes on motor vehicle operator licenses, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Van Hollen, Warner, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Help First-Time, First-Generation Homebuyers Narrow The Wealth Gap

By Maryland State Wire Report | Jul 14, 2023

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) introduced bicameral legislation to help first-time, first-generation homebuyers – predominately Americans of color – build wealth much more rapidly.

Cardin, Van Hollen Introduce Biden Judicial Nominee Matthew Maddox to the Senate Judiciary Committee

By Maryland State Wire Report | Jul 14, 2023

U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) on July 12 appeared at the Senate Judiciary Committee to introduce U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Maddox at the start of his confirmation hearing for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The senators had recommended Judge Maddox to President Joe Biden who made the nomination earlier this year.

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Maryland collected 23.4% more in tobacco products sales tax in 2022

By Maryland State Wire | Jul 14, 2023

Of the $29.4 billion in taxes collected by Maryland in 2022, $479.1 million came from tobacco products sales tax, a 23.4 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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12 people die from kidney disease in Maryland during week ending July 8

By Maryland State Wire | Jul 14, 2023

There were 12 deaths from nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis reported in Maryland in the week ending July 8, making up 1.3% of total deaths by all causes in Maryland.

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Less than 10 people die from influenza and pneumonia in Maryland during week ending July 8

By Maryland State Wire | Jul 14, 2023

There were less than 10 deaths from influenza and pneumonia reported in Maryland in the week ending July 8, making up less than 1.1% of total deaths by all causes in Maryland.

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Maryland collected 4% more in license taxes in 2022

By Maryland State Wire | Jul 14, 2023

Of the $29.4 billion in taxes collected by Maryland in 2022, $1 billion came from license taxes, a 4 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Residents and visitors to Maryland paid $29.4 billion in taxes in 2022

By Maryland State Wire | Jul 14, 2023

Maryland collected $29.4 billion in taxes in 2022, a 16.4 percent increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).