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Liquor fight heating up
Capitol IdeasYo! Who needs a stiff drink? You all will be the time Thursday ends. Politics and posturing started heating up Tuesday, a day after a legislative committee approved a bill that ending Pennsylvania’s 80-year-old monopoly on the sale of wine...... -
Mike Turzai’s Jim Mora moment
Capitol IdeasYo! Ever see those Coors Light commercials that use old clips of NFL coaches like Jim Mora and Herm Edwards giving a ranting answer to a reporter's question. Pretty funny. Well, House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, had a Mora...... -
Pro ports privatization group accused of campaign finance violation
A group that produced robocalls promoting the now-sunk port privatization efforts was accused of campaign finance violations by a watchdog group in Washington for election-season TV ads in Ohio. Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington, or...Tags: Sherrod Brown, Barack Obama, Federal Election Commission, Privatization, Bob McDonnell
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Washington County to seek state funds to keep airport tower open
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comWith Federal Aviation Administration funding cuts looming, Washington County officials have decided to seek state funding to help keep open the air-traffic control tower at Hagerstown Regional Airport. The tower is set to close May 5 if other...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Easton (Talbot, Maryland), Business, Executive Branch, Air Transportation Industry
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Our View: Senators' support could bring funding to port
We’re more than willing to listen to any idea regarding how to make our nation’s ports of entry more efficient. When an idea involves one of our local ports and public-private partnerships, our level of interest skyrockets. A public-...Tags: John Cornyn, Henry Cuellar, U.S. Congress, Migration, Juan Vargas
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The separation of profit and state
Robert KoehlerSometimes what I fear most is that the disintegration of public life -- indeed, the very idea of the public good -- is complete. The vultures and profiteers swarm around the carcass and make a profit and that's all that matters. Thirty years on, the...Tags: Punishment, Human Rights, National Rifle Association of America, Judges, Corrections Corporation of America
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Senators asked to back P3
Staff WriterEfforts to rally political support for the so-called P3 continues, as the county Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to urge California senators to back the bill that allows private funding for port of entry expansions. U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, John Cornyn, Henry Cuellar, U.S. Senate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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'Can we afford to remain silent?' Allentown School Board weighs in on Corbett's Passport for Learning Grant
Valley 610Allentown School Board wants to send a message to state legislators: The district needs money, even if it means privatizing the state’s liquor stores to get it. The school board voted 7-1 Thursday to draft a resolution in support of Corbett’... -
False report: port trade pub retracts article that says privatization decision shelved
A UK-based port trade publication posted and then pulled an article Thursday that said the Virginia Port Authority board had decided to shelve privatization plans, several days before a scheduled vote on that issue. "Despite having received multi-...
Tags: Privatization, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Regional Authority, Government
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FAU stadium deal with prison company GEO Group is odd way to feather nest
My first reaction when I heard Boca Raton-based GEO Group was paying $6 million for stadium naming rights to Florida Atlantic University: A prison company sponsoring a college football stadium? Wouldn't the University of Miami Hurricanes be a better fit?...Tags: Human Rights, Prisons, Boca Raton, Colleges and Universities, Miami Hurricanes
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Changes could be in works for EDC
dona@herald-mail.comEditor’s note: This is one in an occasional series of stories on findings and recommendations in The Hagerstown and Washington County Economic Development Strategic Plan. Coming Monday: A look at other economic development agencies and how they...Tags: Economy, Companies and Corporations, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Government, Economic Policy
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Economic development, agency by agency in Tri-State area
There are different models of economic development organizations in the Tri-State area and beyond, some operating as organs of county government, others as independent authorities or public-private partnerships and, in the case of Washington County, a...Tags: Small Businesses, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Business Institutions, Mike Ross, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
Mar 19, 2013
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Apr 2, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Feb 28, 2013
|Column| Tribune Media Services
Mar 27, 2013
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Feb 28, 2013
| Allentown Morning Call
Mar 21, 2013
| Daily Press
Feb 20, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Mar 17, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
Mar 18, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
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