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Delegation meals, travel, lodging totaled nearly $100,000
andrews@herald-mail.comIt cost about $96,000 to shelter, feed and transport eight state lawmakers representing Washington County during the last legislative session in Annapolis. All eight members of the Washington County delegation to the Maryland General Assembly were...Tags: Garrett County, Condos and Houses, Rentals, Laws, Brunswick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Construction contractors meet with state legislators
heather.keels@herald-mail.comDuring a meeting with state legislators Monday, local construction contractors appealed for lower taxes, lower wage requirements for state contracts, fewer safety regulations and an end to a state program promoting use of minority-owned firms for state...Tags: Republican Party, Frederick County (Maryland), Companies and Corporations, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Credit and Debt
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Shank, Myers show interest in 6th Congressional District race
andrews@herald-mail.comTwo local Republican lawmakers — state Sen. Christopher B. Shank and Del. LeRoy E. Myers Jr. — are considering jumping into a 6th Congressional District race if 10-term GOP incumbent Roscoe G. Bartlett bows out. Even though Bartlett, 85,...Tags: Republican Party, Baltimore County, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Political Fundraising, Frederick County (Maryland)
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On the campaign trail
Potential Congressional candidate picks up endorsements
State Sen. Robert J. Garagiola hasn’t committed yet to running for the 6th District Congress seat, yet on Monday, his campaign released a list of 17 Democratic state senators and delegates...Tags: Republican Party, File Sharing, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Government, Robert J. Garagiola
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School board shares funding concerns with Md. lawmakers
andrews@herald-mail.comLocal school officials hope state education funding won't be taken away, unfunded mandates can be prevented and money can be spread around more fairly. Those sentiments were part of the message the Washington County Board of Education and school system...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Local Government, Maryland General Assembly, Pension and Welfare, Retirement
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Redistricting public hearings begin in Maryland
andrews@herald-mail.comA panel considering how to redraw Maryland's legislative boundaries started its state listening tour Saturday morning in Hancock. Five people spoke at a hearing of the Governor's Redistricting Advisory Committee at Hancock Middle-Senior High School....Tags: Government, Roscoe G Bartlett, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Democratic Party
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Shank questions state's proposed solar farm lease
andrews@herald-mail.comMaryland State Sen. Christopher B. Shank wants the state to renegotiate a proposed lease for a company to build a $70 million solar farm on prison land near Hagerstown. His complaint is the lease price: $128 an acre per year, which he says is...Tags: Prisons, Local Government, John P Donoghue, Farms, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Maryland hopes for sales boost during tax-free week
andrews@herald-mail.comMaryland is dropping its sales tax on certain products for a week, an effort timed to coincide with back-to-school shopping. Shop Maryland Week will be Aug. 14 to 20. Qualifying apparel and footwear will be exempt from the state’s 6 percent...Tags: Republican Party, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Maryland, Holidays, Consumers
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Local lawmakers not impressed with D.C. politics in debt-ceiling battle
andrews@herald-mail.comChristopher B. Shank said his strongest feeling about the debt-ceiling battle in Washington, D.C., is as an American citizen, not as a Maryland state senator. “I am deeply frustrated at both sides at their inability to get the job done,”...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Shelley Moore Capito, Government, U.S. House of Representatives
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Here's to minding our own business(es)
Know how sometimes you get a song stuck in your head and you just can’t seem to shake it? That “Isn’t it ironic?” tune from a few years back has been playing in mine ever since a local Republican lawmaker complained about a...Tags: Republican Party, Personal Income, Economic Policy, Business, Elections
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Fire and rescue association to propose financial reporting standards
arnoldp@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association is hoping to keep control of fire and rescue companies’ share of the county gaming fund — and keep government out of it. In a meeting Thursday night with county government...Tags: Local Government, Federal Bailout Funds, Justice System, Companies and Corporations, Laws
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On the Campaign Trail
For Myers, Congress can wait Tuesday was Del. LeRoy E. Myers Jr.'s self-imposed deadline for deciding whether to run for Congress. Myers and state Sen. Christopher B. Shank said last month that they might be interested in trying for the 6th District...Tags: Republican Party, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Roscoe G Bartlett, Elections
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