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Morton 'Jerry' Baum, education fund director
Morton "Jerry" Baum, founder and executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence and a retired clothing manufacturing executive who was a tireless champion of city public schools, died May 5 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his...
Tags: PTA, Frederick Law Olmsted, Schools, Roland Park, Teachers
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Maryland's McDaniel College closing the 'opportunity gap'
Here's what Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, said three years ago as the nation's gap between rich and poor widened toward historic levels: "I think it's a very bad development. It's creating two societies. And it's based very much, I think, on...
Tags: Schools, Graduation, Financial Aid, Ben Bernanke, Colleges and Universities
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New college grads face difficult job market
Jackie Carter had it all mapped out. She would attend college year-round and graduate early, land a job in criminal justice, start paying off student loans, move into her own apartment and invest in her first smartphone. But the 22-year-old Towson...
Tags: Towson University, Employment, University of Maryland, College Park, Graduation, Colleges and Universities
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Federal workers relieved by limits on online disclosures
Details of financial transactions by members of Congress and thousands of high-level federal workers were supposed to be posted online last month for anyone in the world to see — a key step, supporters of the move said, toward greater transparency...
Tags: Executive Branch, Public Employees, National Government, Insider Trading, Barack Obama
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Mayor's bill would require city workers to pay into pensions
With the pension system for City Hall workers facing nearly $700 million in unfunded liabilities, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is introducing legislation today that would require employees to start contributing part of their salaries to the fund....
Tags: Safety of Citizens, Pension and Welfare, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Retirement, Justice System
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Craig signs scaled down Harford 'rain tax' bill into law
Explicitly referring to it in the pejorative and reiterating previous statements that state officials bear all the blame, Harford County Executive David Craig signed Harford County's new "rain tax" into law this week. In doing so, Craig signed off on...
Tags: Executive Branch, Annapolis, Harford County, Government, Maryland General Assembly
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The hollowing out of government
The chemical and fertilizer plant in the town of West, Texas, where at least 15 were killed and more than 200 injured a few weeks ago hadn't been fully inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration since 1985. (A partial inspection by a...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Budgets and Budgeting, Republican Party, Small Businesses, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Harford council reviews $20 million DES budget
Russell Strickland, the new director of Harford County's newly-minted Department of Emergency Services, appeared before members of the County Council Thursday to make the case for his department's $20 million-plus budget for the 2014 fiscal year. The...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Radio, Federal Bailout Funds
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City schools chief Alonso resigns
Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso tearfully announced his resignation Monday, ending a six-year tenure marked by bold yet often divisive reforms and casting uncertainty on the future of the long-troubled school system. Under Alonso's leadership, city...
Tags: Collective Contract, Executive Branch, University of Maryland, College Park, Abell Foundation, Customs and Tradition
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Alonso timeline
2007 •The Baltimore school board hires Andrés Alonso, New York City's No. 2 education official, as its schools CEO. 2008 •Alonso introduces "Fair Student Funding," which gave principals the autonomy to formulate their budgets. He also...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Arne Duncan, Teaching and Learning, Students, Andres Alonso
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The sequester gives Obama one more chance to blow it
In President Barack Obama's running argument with the Republicans in Congress over who's responsible for the legislative stalemate on Capitol Hill, he suffers self-inflicted wounds by continuing to run up the same white flag that undermined his own...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Republican Party, World War I (1914-1918), Economic Stimulus Plan, Barack Obama
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Applicants sought for school system Audit Committee
The Board of Education of Harford County is seeking applications from interested county citizens to fill one opening on the school system's Audit Committee. The purpose of the five-member committee is to assist the board in fulfilling its fiduciary...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Harford County, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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