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Obama budget cuts would hit Maryland
Labor unions that represent government workers — and some Maryland Democrats — criticized the budget President Barack Obama unveiled Monday for cutting $27 billion in federal employee pensions while offering what they called a modest, half-...Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, University of Maryland, College Park, Government, Public Employees, Washington, DC
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Teacher pension shift could force county to cut staff
Howard County government may have to cut its workforce if Gov.Martin O'Malley's proposal to shift a portion of teachers' pension costs to the counties passes through the General Assembly. Ray Wacks, the county's budget administrator, told the County...Tags: Teachers, Local Government, Executive Branch, Interior Policy, Government
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Culleton on Carroll: Teacher pension issue forces tough choices to maintain quality education
Education costs us. Poor education costs us much more. The United States lags most industrial nations in the quality of our primary and secondary education. True, Maryland ranks highest in the 50 states in quality of education by some measures (as...Tags: Bob St. Clair, Interior Policy, Football, Pete Rozelle, College Sports
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Public engagement and education excellence
Too much of the public is missing from public education. As a people, we recognize the economic value of education, but we under-invest in our schools, both financially and in terms of civic capital. With America's students and schools facing...Tags: Elections, Teaching and Learning, Music, Government, Music
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Enough about taxes, what about the budget cuts?
The Sun is a powerful educator and information provider to many Marylanders. On the continuing Maryland budget issue, can you include more articles focused on state government spending? I have read many articles on potential taxes including the gas tax,...Tags: Government Debt
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Residents given chance to balance Baltimore's budget
Mike McGuire, one of the organizers of the Occupy Baltimore protests, left a city-sponsored public budget workshop Saturday morning feeling about as disappointed as a grass-roots activist can feel.
The 39-year-old Hampden resident had spent weeks...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Bolton Hill, Hampden
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Making college affordable
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced a number of new proposals aimed at making college more affordable. Most people agree that expanding access to higher education is a worthy goal and that the rapidly rising cost of a...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Justice System, Finance, Teaching and Learning, Finance
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Havre de Grace water, sewer fund expected to have higher deficit
With Havre de Grace continuing to raise water and sewer rates and demand for those services declining, the city's water and sewer fund is projected to end this fiscal year with a deficit of at least $500,000. Mayor Wayne Dougherty told the city council...Tags: Finance, Public Finance, Loans, Credit and Debt, Finance
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Let them eat cake
Who would have thought it would be so hard to give people money? Late last year when it became clear Harford County was in a reasonably stable financial situation, Harford County Executive David R. Craig announced plans to give county employees —...Tags: Unemployment, Civil and Public Service, Elections, Finance, Harford County
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City prosecutors seek new office space
Baltimore prosecutors might soon be packing up and leaving their cramped digs in the city's 112-year-old courthouse for a newer downtown office building. A plan being pushed by leaders in Baltimore and Annapolis would provide up to $1 million for the...Tags: Lawyers, Martin O'Malley, Annapolis, Charles Street, David R Brinkley
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Arundel libraries adopt 'ambitious' $175 million upgrade plan
Anne Arundel County will need to spend more than $175 million over several decades to bring its library buildings up to snuff, according to a recent analysis done for the library system — and that doesn't include the cost to design and furnish them....Tags: Lobbying, Riviera Beach, Annapolis, Libraries, University of Maryland, College Park
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O'Malley wants to put sales tax on gas
Gov. Martin O'Malley wants to apply Maryland's 6 percent sales tax to gasoline, a change that at current prices would add 18 cents a gallon to the cost at the pump.
The increase — to be phased in over three years —would be on top of the 23....Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Executive Branch, Baltimore County, Government, Highway Transportation
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