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Almost one-third of counties aren't meeting school funding requirements, state says
While Maryland has been ratcheting up aid to local school systems, state education officials say that seven counties aren't paying their share and are failing to fund schools this year at the minimum level required under state law. Education advocates...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Thomas V. Mike Miller, U.S. Senate, Public Schools, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Dems, GOP say new House seat in Howard is up for grabs
Both Democrats and Republicans in Howard County believe they have a chance to win a new seat in the House of Delegates proposed for the area around Ellicott City. The added seat comes as part of a state legislative redistricting map put forth this...Tags: Local Elections, Parties and Movements, Martin O'Malley, Elections, Allan H. Kittleman
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A tax cut that could make sense
At an appearance before a business group in Howard County, state Sen. Edward Kasemeyer recently made a comment that he'd like to see Maryland's corporate tax rolled back from the current 8.25 percent by one-quarter of a percentage point per year for...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Howard County, Justice System, U.S. Senate, Democratic Party
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Dogs have a night out at Ellicott City bar's 'Yappy Hour'
Hagrid, a 9-year-old bichon frise, got to celebrate his birthday with a night out on the town for the first time this year. At the edge of the patio leading into Jilly's, a bar and grill in Ellicott City, Hagrid met Saba, a 4-month-old mixed breed who was...Tags: Lawyers, Elections, Howard County, Justice System, Labor Day
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Government
Howard County’s government operates a school system, a police department with more than 440 sworn officers, a fire department, a water and sewer system, a landfill and six branch libraries that enjoy one of the highest per-capita circulation rates...Tags: Elections, Howard County, Teaching and Learning, Allan H. Kittleman, Benjamin L. Cardin
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New York's lessons for Maryland on gay marriage
The passage late last month of a gay marriage bill in New York has renewed hope among advocates in Maryland who were disappointed by the narrow defeat of similar legislation here this year. New York's law doubled the number of people living in states...Tags: Allan H. Kittleman, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Voting, Executive Branch, Government
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GOP incumbents running again
In this year of hyper-partisan political rhetoric, County Council chairwoman Courtney Watson, a Democrat, has struck a different note in her re-election campaign. Cindy Ardinger, the campaign manager whom Watson introduced at her hotel fundraiser April...Tags: Elections, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Voting, Democratic Party, Local Government
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Western Md. slots proponents seek sweeter deal for Rocky Gap
Western Maryland slots proponents came to Annapolis on Tuesday with a dire message: Sweeten the deal for Rocky Gap or nobody will want to build a casino there. Without a slots casino, the state-owned facility will go belly up and millions of dollars...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Lotteries, Investment Service, Elections, Tourism and Leisure
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Senators turn away repeal of death penalty in Md.
Baltimore County senators rebuffed an effort to abolish Maryland's death penalty yesterday, persuading lawmakers instead to restrict when capital punishment can be used. The Senate's first full debate on the death penalty in more than three decades was...Tags: Norman R. Stone, Jr., Nancy Jacobs, Comedy (genre), J Lowell Stoltzfus, Thomas V. Mike Miller
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Narrow majority of Md. senators oppose repeal of death penalty, survey reveals
Gov. Martin O'Malley's push to end the death penalty in Maryland would probably fall short if a legislative vote were held today, even though the governor insisted yesterday that the repeal effort "has a real shot this year." A Baltimore Sun survey of...Tags: Norman R. Stone, Jr., Nancy Jacobs, J Lowell Stoltzfus, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Thomas V. Mike Miller
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Senate set for a divisive debate today on the death penalty
Maryland senators are bracing for a divisive debate this morning on capital punishment, with two influential state leaders pulling lawmakers in opposite directions. A staunch death penalty supporter, Sen. President Thomas V. Mike Miller has vowed not...Tags: Punishment, Heads of State, Elections, Justice System, Thomas V. Mike Miller
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Senate OKs limits on use of death penalty
Maryland senators advanced a plan yesterday to make the state's capital punishment statute one of the most limited in the nation.
Although the proposal is far short of the full repeal sought by Gov. Martin O'Malley, the governor said it might be the best...Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Montgomery County (Maryland), Executive Branch, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Democratic Party
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