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Common Cause: Mayor's skybox should be 'people's skybox'
A government watchdog group said Thursday that Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has politicized invitations to her office's Ravens skybox, and urged her to include more working-class residents.
"The mayor has made the choice to turn this into a political...Tags: Water Supply, Elections, Public Officials, Rochelle Spector, Bernard C. Young
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Jury finds Stephens guilty in killing of Md. correctional officer
A convicted killer was found guilty Thursday of murdering a correctional officer at the now-closed Maryland House of Correction, opening the possibility that he will become the first person sentenced to death under the state's new capital punishment law....Tags: Laws, Martin O'Malley, Crimes, Prisons, Prisons
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State considers new pharmacy plan without Walgreens
State employees, retirees and their dependents could no longer fill their prescriptions at Walgreens under a contract being considered by Maryland's Board of Public Works.
The panel agreed Wednesday to defer action on the $2.4 billion five-year...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Drugs and Medicines, Martin O'Malley, Safeway Inc., Annapolis
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Gambling raid at city building ends with one conviction
When police burst into a city transportation building last March and arrested nearly a dozen workers who they said were throwing dice and drinking cheap liquor, the raid grabbed headlines and triggered stern warnings from officials about "violations of...Tags: Lawyers, Criminals, Justice System, Prosecution, Lombard Street
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Pact would give Balto. Co. school workers job security for 3 years
Baltimore County school employees have reached a tentative agreement with the school system that would raise the contributions employees make to their health care plans over the next five years in exchange for guarantees that there will be no layoffs or...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Health and Safety at Work, Job Layoffs, Unemployment, Health and Safety at School
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Government workers are not the 1 percent
Once again, Marta Mossburg displays her disturbing obsession with public employees, as she plays the apologist for the wealthiest Marylanders ("In Maryland, your taxes support many of the one percent," Dec. 7). Ms. Mossburg is again muddying the waters...Tags: Interior Policy, Interior Policy, Annapolis, Pension and Welfare, Scott Walker
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Anne Arundel schools chief releases nearly $1 billion FY 2013 budget
The superintendent of Anne Arundel County's public schools has proposed a nearly $1 billion operating budget for the 2013 fiscal year, about $50 million more than the system was allotted this year.
"We have been good fiscal stewards of the money...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Debt Market, Teaching and Learning, Finance, Annapolis
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Job security not guaranteed for some Balto Co. unions
Earlier this year, Baltimore County promised job security through 2014 for members of three public employee unions, but county officials say they can't make the same guarantee for other labor groups. The Kamenetz administration is in talks with the...Tags: Kevin Kamenetz, Unions, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Government
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Harford's Craig responds to county council on bonuses
Sparring continued over a proposed $1,250 bonus for Harford County government employees following the Harford County Council's hearing Tuesday on the legislation to fund the bonuses. Council members voted to table the budget transfer legislation, some of...Tags: Local Government, Labor Legislation, Corporate Officers, Unions, Employees
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Three Harford school employee groups OK county executive's $1,250 bonus plan; teachers union still considering it
The Harford County Board of Education and three of five school employee bargaining units reached a memorandum of understanding prior to Monday evening's board meeting on the disbursement of a $1,250 one-time bonus County Executive David Craig proposed...Tags: Holidays, Labor Legislation, Local Government, Teaching and Learning, Unions
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2 bullets found in inmate possession at prison near Cumberland
Maryland prison officials are acknowledging that two bullets were found in the possession of an inmate or inmates at the maximum-security North Branch Correctional Institution near Cumberland. A Division of Correction spokeswoman said Monday that she's...Tags: Prisons, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland)
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Advocates, union call for changes at mental hospital
Mental health advocates and labor union officials are calling for increased staffing and policy changes at the state's maximum security mental hospital — including a reassessment of how patients are paired as roommates — after one patient...Tags: Prince George's County, The Washington Post, Medical Specialization, James W. Hubbard, Employees
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