Special session promises in jeopardy

A day after Gov. Martin O'Malley said he wants to repeal imposing a sales tax on computer services, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., D-Calvert, warned that rescinding it could mean education funding cuts.

The movement to repeal the "tech tax" is growing in the Senate this past week as public opposition continues at high pitch. The General Assembly passed the tax last fall during the special legislative session, as part of a plan to close the state's $1.5 billion deficit.

However, Mr. Miller said yesterday there is little need to hike taxes in the last several weeks of the General Assembly session to cover for the...