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For Maryland Republicans, new messenger, same message
Maryland's House Republicans decided this week to jettison Del. Anthony J. O'Donnell from the leadership of their caucus on the grounds that a new messenger is needed to revitalize the party's prospects and pick up seats in the 2014 election. We wish...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Martin O'Malley, National Government
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House GOP deposes O'Donnell, chooses Kipke as leader
Vastly outnumbered and constantly thwarted by Democrats, Republicans in the House of Delegates ousted longtime Minority Leader Anthony J. O'Donnell Tuesday and replaced him with Anne Arundel County Del. Nicholaus R. Kipke. After a meeting that dragged...Tags: Harford County, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Calvert County
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Rick Scott to voters: Never mind
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Republican Gov. Rick Scott was one of those tea party stars whom voters believed had the courage of his convictions when he promised, as recently as last summer, to block The Affordable Care Act in his state. But last week, writes the...
Tags: Health Insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Quinnipiac University, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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Construction industry expects big boost from Annapolis spending measures
For Maryland's building industry, the good times may be coming back. The construction sector, which has been in the tank for the better part of five years, is on the verge of receiving a sizable infusion of money from recent decisions in Annapolis....
Tags: University of Baltimore, Budgets and Budgeting, Prince George's County, Executive Branch, Transportation
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Gas tax is not the answer to Maryland's traffic problems [Letter]
In last week's issue of the Laurel Leader it was reported that State Sen. Jim Rosapepe would support Gov. Martin O'Malley's comprehensive transportation proposal, which includes a substantial increase in the gas tax. Big surprise there, folks. Jim...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Highway Transportation, Road Transportation, Traffic, Transportation
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Tighter greenhouse gas limits adopted for Md., Northeast
A consortium of Northeastern states including Maryland has agreed to reset a power plant emissions cap to current levels and to tighten it annually starting in 2015, an action officials said would increase investment in energy efficiency and slightly...
Tags: Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Energy Saving, Environmental Pollution, Global Change, Electricity Production and Distribution
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Fiscal cliff, here we come
Watch out, folks, this could get bumpy. With the release Monday of a proposal, or something approximating one, from House Republican leaders on a way to avert the "fiscal cliff," we now have the opening positions from both parties, neither of which...
Tags: Heritage Foundation, Medicare, Consumer Confidence, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance
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Ohio gets deluge of spin from Obama and Romney
Be glad you don't live in Ohio. It's a fine old state with pretty towns, friendly people and a fairly healthy economy. But over the last six months, its citizens have endured a volume of political advertising unequaled in the history of Western...Tags: Iraq, Scarlett Johansson, Bankruptcy, PBS (tv network), Eva Longoria
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Gas $1.84 per gallon Thursday during Towson AFP promotion
The Maryland chapter of Americans for Prosperity is hosting a two-hour promotion Thursday in Towson where drivers can pay just $1.84 for a gallon of gas. The first 150 cars to arrive at the Towson Hess station, located at 1618 East Joppa Road, will be...Tags: Towson, Barack Obama
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Do the Koch brothers still not believe in climate change, or do they just not care?
Are two of the left's most useful villains, Charles and David Koch, not quite as unredeemable as liberals believe? Could it be they might change their minds about climate change and admit that it is real? Richard A. Muller, a physics professor at...
Tags: Herman Cain, Metal and Mineral, The New York Times, David Koch, Parties and Movements
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Where do the anti-Obamacare Super PACs get their facts?
The Republican stance on health care is a strange mix of muddle and mendacity. The muddle comes from the GOP's presumptive nominee for president, Mitt Romney. The mendacity is the work of conservative super PACs that are spending millions on new attack...
Tags: Karl Rove, Health Insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Parties and Movements, Executive Branch
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Best and worst of this year's presidential ads
Today's topic: the billions (yes, with a "b") that will be spent on advertising in this year's presidential and congressional campaigns, and what kind of messages that money is sending. Like jazz, blues and musical comedy, the political ad is a...Tags: Karl Rove, Parties and Movements, The Wall Street Journal, Doyle McManus, U.S. Senate
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