The fee would be charged to patients for ambulance service, but it would be paid for by health insurance in most situations. People without health insurance and people below a certain income threshold would be exempt from the fee. County officials stress that county residents would neither see a bill nor incur out-of-pocket expenses.

In a 6-3 vote earlier this month, the Montgomery County Council approved the bill, which generally would allow legislators to prevent county officials from selling lucrative county properties. The legislation was part of a slew of bills the body considered to boost local economic development.

Fosselman, early in his mayoral career, made small donations to 13 political campaigns and sought town reimbursements for the contributions over 10 months. During that time, he donated more than $1,100 to campaigns in Maryland and had almost all of it reimbursed.

Aides to O’Malley said they were told the decision came after the NBC talk show scored an interview with Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, which announced a staggering $2 billion trading loss this week.

He was a lollygagger compared with Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II (R). Five minutes after Obama put pen to bill, Cuccinelli’s aides were heading to the courthouse to file his first-in-the-nation lawsuit challenging the law.

The General Assembly passed a budget during the regular 90-day session, but did not agree on any new taxes to cover rising costs. The so-called “doomsday budget” that now stands would mean $500 million in cuts to state agencies and public schools in the fiscal year starting July 1.

The milestones include

1. Advanced reading in grades k-2