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Federal government cuts travel costs; scientists warn of collaboration lost
Florence P. Haseltine knows the power of scientists meeting face to face. The former researcher at the National Institutes of Health notes a list of milestones achieved through networking and collaboration at conferences, such as the deliberations that...
Tags: HIV, Health Organizations, Women's Health, Trips and Vacations, Elijah E. Cummings
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O'Malley's $37 billion budget passes House
The Baltimore SunThe House of Delegates passed Gov. Martin O'Malley's budget virtually unchanged Friday, sending the $37 billion plan to the Senate. The proposal nearly closes a long-term budget gap that once stood at $2 billion, gives raises to state workers for the...Tags: Republican Party, St. Mary's County, Executive Branch, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Parties and Movements
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Unbalanced budgeting
In case anyone has missed the dueling budget proposals out this week from Rep. Paul Ryan on the Republican side and Sen. Patty Murray for the Democrats, don't fret. You could easily have slept through the last four months and missed nothing. They are...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Parties and Movements, Elections, Medicare, Government Health Care
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O'Malley's budget gets initial OK in House
With only minor changes, the House of Delegates on Wednesday gave initial approval to Gov. Martin O'Malley's $37 billion budget, the governor's first spending plan in several years that doesn't propose significant cuts. While a final vote in the House...Tags: Perdue Farms, Executive Branch, Government, Martin O'Malley
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Neuman can look forward to high-tech office as A.A. county exec
As a retired employee of Anne Arundel County's Office of Information Technology, I read with interest your editorial about newly installed County Executive Laura Neuman ("A breath of fresh air," Feb. 27). Her resume is impressive and it appears she...Tags: Laura Neuman
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Don't force drivers to subsidize transit
Once again, Virginia has beaten Maryland to the punch regarding taxes on business and consumers. Virginia eliminated its gas tax completely and replaced it with a 3.5 percent sales tax on the wholesale price of gasoline. Gov. Martin O'Malley's new tax...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Elections, Petroleum Industry
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Lack of crowd fails to diminish Carroll County commissioner's fervor regarding school budget
Acknowledging the sparse turn-out of about a dozen residents at his March 18 Town Hall Community Meeting at the South Carroll Senior Center, in Eldersburg, County Commissioner Doug Howard jokingly confessed that he'd considered ways to drum up more...Tags: Earth Day, Teachers, Sykesville, Easter, Walmart
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Harford school board sends request for employee COLA, step increases to county exec
Harford County Public Schools employees could be getting a 1 percent raise in the next school year if Harford County Executive David Craig and the Harford County Council approve enough money to fund the raises. The Harford Board of Education approved...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Harford County, Employees, Teachers
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Some in Laurel facing sequestration with optimism, others brace for trickle-down effect
When Congress and the White House failed to make a deal on budget cuts March 1, sequestration went into effect, requiring federal agencies to identify $85 billion in required cuts. The looming reductions, which will be spread across agencies —...
Tags: Unemployment, U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, National Institutes of Health, Fannie Mae
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City spends $585,000 on study of how to save money
Why did Baltimore need to pay outside consultants half a million dollars for a report that says the city's financial future is grim? Some city residents wondered as much after Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called for a new trash collection fee, a...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Health Insurance Cost, Employees, Business, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Harford council plans to flatline its 2014 budget
The Harford County Council is proposing to flatline its budget for the 2014 fiscal year, after members held a work session held last week. The council's proposed budget for next fiscal year will be $2,661,754. It is slightly less than the $2,763,743...Tags: Media Industry, Satellite and Cable Service
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Bel Air OKs new sewer fees, honors student and police officer
The Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners approved the latest sewer service agreement with Harford County at their meeting Monday night and, though the current year's net charges are lower, residents were forewarned to expect increases next year. The...Tags: Anglicanism, Christianity, Lisa Moody, Easter, Finance
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