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Same-sex marriage opponents set to turn in first petitions
Church-led activists hoping to repeal Maryland's same-sex marriage law plan to deliver the first batch of petitions ahead of schedule this week, and they say the number of signatures will far exceed the mark. The question is: By how much? There's little...
Tags: Gay Rights, Civil Rights, Allegany County, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Laws
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Seniors grow old under debt
Norman Harvel is growing old under a mountain of debt.
At 60, Harvel faces medical and credit card bills topping $80,000. Yet Harvel is unable to work, having been injured at a job site more a decade ago. The former building maintenance worker now...Tags: Physical Conditions, Employment Opportunities, Retirement, Baltimore County, Credit and Debt
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Sparrows Point steel mill will close in June
The owner of the financially ailing Sparrows Point steel plant is idling operations there, warning 1,975 workers Thursday that they would be laid off starting next month.
The news, the latest casting doubt on the future of the Baltimore County facility,...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Department of Justice, Bethlehem Steel, Plant Closings
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Harford teachers stage protest over lack of raises, additional work day
Upset over salary and work issues, Harford County teachers picketed outside of Ring Factory School just south of Bel Air Friday afternoon after schools had been let out for the day. At the peak of the protest shortly after 4 p.m., about 100 teachers,...
Tags: Employees, Schools, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Annapolis, Public Schools
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Harford executive withdraws employee bonus bills; county council goes along
Citing the new financial burden caused by last week's Maryland General Assembly action on teacher pension obligations, Harford County Executive David Craig withdrew legislation that would have paid a one-time, $625 bonus to all county government and...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Maryland General Assembly, Natural Disasters, Pension and Welfare, Employees
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Pensions, bonuses and county budgets
This is the season when local governments finalize their budgets for the next fiscal year, and the grousing about their penurious circumstances is in full swing. Some are even complaining that the state's revised budget and tax plan — signed into...
Tags: Anne Arundel County, Teaching and Learning, Pension and Welfare, Local Government, Budgets and Budgeting
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Health care mandate shouldn't just concern Catholics
The Sun believes Baltimore's new archbishop, William E. Lori, will be challenged by "far more pressing" social concerns than those posed by Barack Obama's health care mandate ("A new archbishop," May 20). I think not. Under the new law, health...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Barack Obama
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Harford council laments passing of bonus plan but still lets it die
The plan to pay a $625 bonus this spring to nearly 7,400 Harford County government, sheriff's office and school system employees died an unceremonious death in the Harford County Council chambers Tuesday evening. Though they lamented the latest turn...Tags: Arts, Hurricane Irene (2011), Natural Disasters, Pension and Welfare, Corporate Officers
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Mikulski plan for women's pay gets new push
A proposal to expand equal-pay protections for women, long championed by Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, was thrust into the national political spotlight Wednesday in a Democratic effort to court female voters — a crucial demographic in this year's...
Tags: Planned Parenthood, Republican Party, Employment Opportunities, Abusive Behavior, Patty Murray
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Some answers on WBFF Fox 45's strange robocalls asking about ticks and Gov. O'Malley
The Baltimore SunAs if robocalls didn't have a bad enough reputation in the world of Baltimore media and politics thanks to consultant Julius Henson's activity in the last gubernatorial election, along comes WBFF (Channel 45) Monday night with its own questionable...Tags: Regional Authority, Scott Livingston, Diseases and Illnesses, Lyme Disease, Howard County
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Greens, Libertarians launch new drives after ruling keeps them off Md. ballot
The Green and Libertarian parties are launching new petition drives to get their candidates for president and other offices on Maryland's November ballot after losing a battle before the state's highest court. The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Monday...Tags: Republican Party, Anne Arundel County, Frederick County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Same-Sex Marriage
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against former Baltimore International president
A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge has dismissed a $5 million lawsuit filed against the former president of Baltimore International College by the board of the defunct culinary school. The suit, a counterclaim, alleged that Roger Chylinski, who...Tags: Litigation, Laws, Colleges and Universities, Trials, Baltimore International College
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