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MD Attorney General Challenges Federal Tax Overhaul

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BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh says the state will challenge the constitutionality of the federal tax overhaul.

Frosh announced Thursday that Maryland, along with other states, will challenge the law's $10,000 federal cap on state and local property and income tax deductions. He says the state intends to join a New York-led lawsuit.

Frosh, a Democrat, says that by eliminating the deductions, the tax law will "jack up taxes for more than half a million Marylanders."

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan says he has "no idea what the legality" of the lawsuit is and that he doesn't' think it has "much of a chance."

There are multiple proposals by Democrats and Republicans in Maryland to return state and local taxes that go up due to the federal law.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.