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Illinois Dems aim for bigger legislative majority
AP Political WriterIf you're running for the Illinois Legislature, it's not a good time to be Republican. President Bush is extremely unpopular and in many voters' minds carries the burden of a war and a Wall Street meltdown. Demographic changes are making Illinois...Tags: Parliament, Upper House, George Ryan, Personal Income, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Let state leaders sacrifice salaries
Forgive me if I missed this in the list of potential cuts to the state budget, but I didn't notice any mention of the salaries of our elected leaders among the options ("State weighs cuts in critical needs," Oct. 9). Are they too sacred to pay their fair...Tags: Hunt Valley, Heads of State, Government
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Learning credit
For about half a century, the stocky brick building that stands on the border of Remington and Charles Village languished as tenants and owners came and went. Redevelopment efforts stalled, leaving pigeons, graffiti, vandals and the elements to steadily...Tags: Employees, Apartments, Court Administration, Government, Teaching and Learning
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Slots Q&A: Frederick W. Puddester, slots proponent
Baltimore Sun reporterFrederick W. Puddester is chairman of For Maryland For Our Future, a pro-slots ballot committee. Puddester was state budget secretary under former Gov. Parris N. Glendening, and is an associate dean for finance and administration at the Johns Hopkins...Tags: Gaming and Lotteries, Government, Petroleum Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Government Debt
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Slots Q&A: Scott Arceneaux, slots opponent
Scott Arceneaux is a senior adviser to Marylanders United to Stop Slots, which opposes the ballot proposal. He is a veteran political strategist who managed several campaigns and was state Democratic Party executive director in his native Louisiana before...Tags: Gaming and Lotteries, Bankruptcy, Tourism and Leisure, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Democratic Party
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Obama thanks McCain for shifting the tone
Barnstorming to get out the vote across this pivotal Pennsylvania city, Barack Obama paused yesterday in Philadelphia to thank John McCain for restraining his supporters before rebuking him on the economy. "I want to acknowledge that Senator McCain tried...Tags: Public Finance, Barack Obama, John McCain
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Financial salvation? Why, it's in the mail!
One of the truly delirious joys I get out of this job is receiving mail from readers - especially the ones who send me those succinct, six-page, single-spaced letters griping about a business or the ones who just tell me I'm bananas. I read or listen to...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Henry Paulson, Retirement, Health and Safety at School, Stock Market
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A little something for ordinary taxpayers
The mega-bailout package for Wall Street also contains about $150 billion in tax breaks for the rest of us. Some are new, but many are tax breaks that had either lapsed or were near expiration and given another year or more of life. Among them are...Tags: Charity, Internal Revenue Service, Real Estate Sales, Personal Income, Financial and Business Services
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Don't be caught off-guard with a mortgage that doesn't include taxes
Homeowners are accustomed to mortgage payments that include taxes and insurance. Every month you pay 1/12 of the annual tab (give or take), and the lender socks it away into an escrow account for when the bills come due. But a lot of the subprime loans...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Mortgages
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Cuts across the board
Harford County Executive David R. Craig has asked department directors to trim this year's budget to address a nearly $7 million shortfall in its $900 million fiscal year 2009 budget. Each agency must cut five percent from its operating costs. Craig used...Tags: Personal Income, Housing Industry, Budgets and Budgeting, Local Authority, Unemployment
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Ulman moves to speed up project review process
Because development is big business in Howard County and generates tax revenue, elected officials pay attention when the industry is hurting. After complaints from builders about how long it takes to get projects through the county review process, County...Tags: Parliament, Public Finance, Election Day, Roscoe G Bartlett, Engineering
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Operating on the budget
As the economy and tax revenues continue to fall, the time for trimming is at hand. Government cost-cutting can be deft, even helpful, surgery that leaves a fiscally challenged budget hardly feeling a thing. Or it can be butchery where a spending plan...Tags: Government, Martin O'Malley, Executive Branch, William Donald Schaefer, Budgets and Budgeting
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