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Bryan P Sears

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 29, 2026
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Jul 24, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Bryan P Sears

    Contract appeals board sanctions lottery agency for ‘roadblocks’ to investigation (opens the original)

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    A nearly yearlong battle over a lucrative lottery contract has landed the state’s gaming agency in hot water with the Maryland Board of Contract Appeals. The gaming agency was sanctioned for repeatedly ignoring orders for records, the board said. A 16-page decision itemizes a lengthy list of ways the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency and its lawyers avoided turning over records to lawyers for Scientific Games Inc., which currently runs the state’s gambling operations without a contract

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Bryan P. Sears

    Contract appeals board sanctions lottery agency for ‘roadblocks’ to investigation - Shelbyville Times-Gazette (opens the original)

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    A nearly yearlong battle over a lucrative lottery contract has landed the state’s gaming agency in hot water with the Maryland Board of Contract Appeals. The gaming agency was sanctioned for repeatedly ignoring orders for records, the board said. A 16-page decision itemizes a lengthy list of ways the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency and its lawyers avoided turning over records to lawyers for Scientific Games Inc. “Every step of the way, Respondent [the lottery agency] threw up roadbloc

  3. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Bryan P Sears

    Officials express confidence in state’s bet on horse racing industry (opens the original)

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    State officials put their best hoof forward on behalf of the horse racing industry Wednesday, expressing confidence that efforts to prop up and preserve the industry will not be in vain. The briefing before the House Appropriations Committee comes as Maryland horse racing faces continuing questions about its viability. Those concerns remain even as the state has pumped hundreds of millions into the industry — restoring Pimlico Race Course, buying Laurel Park and the rights to the Preakness Stake

  4. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Bryan P. Sears

    Tax system down temporarily as billions of records move to cloud-based system (opens the original)

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    Maryland’s tax administration system is getting an update. Comptroller Brooke Lierman announced Wednesday that the current system, which dates back to when she was a student at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, will move from a mainframe to the cloud. Her office’s systems will be down for the next two weeks while the transfer happens. “I just want to give a shout out to our team, Team Comptroller,” Lierman said at the close of the Board of Public Works meeting. “They’ve worked for years towa

  5. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Bryan P Sears

    First-of-its-kind digital ad sales tax struck down by Maryland court (opens the original)

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    The Maryland Tax Court struck down a first-of-its-kind state tax on some digital ads as a violation of the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act. The decision, issued Friday morning, addressed three challenges to the tax by Apple, Google and Peacock TV, a streaming service. In its ruling, the court orders the state to refund the taxes collected plus interest. A spokesperson for the Office of the Comptroller said the office was reviewing the ruling. The law has faced multiple state and federal court c

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