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A Maryland Senate budget panel approved a bill Thursday that will give Gov. Martin O'Malley the authority to assert eminent domain in an effort to keep horse racing's Preakness Stakes in Baltimore.
The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee voted 11-4 in favor of the legislation, which will allow the state to either purchase or exercise eminent domain over the rights to the Preakness and the race track on which it is run, the Pimlico Race Course. The bill would also extend the state's eminent domain authority over Laurel Park and the Bowie Race Course Training Center.See the full content of this document
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Senate Panel Oks Eminent-Domain Bill
Mr. O'Malley, a Democrat, introduced the emergency measure on Wednesday in order to downplay concerns that the race, the second leg in the fabled Triple C...
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