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No more tax dollars for state pensions and retiree health coverage
I would like Gov.Martin O'Malleyto explain why citizens who no longer have pension plans or retiree medical and prescription benefits through their employers are forced to continue to pay for state employee pensions and retiree health coverage. We should...Tags: Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Employees, Government
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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: Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unions, Employees, Harford County
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People's Counsel still objects to Constellation merger
The state's consumer advocate on utility matters continues to push for additional concessions to make the Constellation-Exelon merger more palatable to consumers. The Maryland Office of People's Counsel said in a brief filed Monday that the two energy...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Companies and Corporations, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Martin O'Malley
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Maryland more pleasant than Virginia
Contributor Larry Hogan has written one more anti-O'Malley screed comparing Virginia to Maryland, but he has ignored the facts about the two state governments ("Look to Va. For how to grow private investment," Feb. 3). According to theU.S. Census...Tags: Employees, Republican Party, Regional Authority, Employees, Government
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A bureaucratic leash
One of the first solutions suggested when the subject of government being out of touch with the voters comes up is term limits. By limiting the number of years in office someone can serve, so goes the logic, it is assured new people who are closer to the...Tags: National Government, George Washington, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Local Elections, Elections
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Gambling raid at city building ends with one conviction
When police burst into a city transportation building last March and arrested nearly a dozen workers who they said were throwing dice and drinking cheap liquor, the raid grabbed headlines and triggered stern warnings from officials about "violations of...Tags: Police Arrests, Trials, Justice System, Lawyers, AFSCME
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University leaders praise O'Malley's proposed budget
The leaders of Maryland's university system say they're grateful that Gov. Martin O'Malley has proposed another increase in higher-education spending for 2012-2013 at a time when many states are slashing support for public universities. University...Tags: Financial Aid, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Regional Authority, Financial Aid, Finance
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UM, federal officials discuss ideas to reduce college costs
Andrew York hopes to bring better health services to desperately poor Native Americans when he's done earning dual degrees in law and pharmacy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. But he might not be able to afford that modest-paying career path...Tags: Students, University of Maryland, Baltimore, John P. Sarbanes, Teaching and Learning, Government
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African-American focused 'Find Our Missing' aims to fill the void left by mainstream media
Everyone who has ever tuned into a cable channel has heard the names Natalee Holloway and Laci Peterson. Show hosts like Nancy Grace have used their TV pulpits to chronicle the disappearance of such white, female victims night after night.
But what about...Tags: Television Industry, Black Entertainment Television (tv network), Television, Concerts, S. Epatha Merkerson
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State of the State: O'Malley makes half his case
Shortly before Gov.Martin O'Malleytook the rostrum in the House of Delegates for his State of the State address today, his office issued a preview of the speech in the form of a word cloud — a visual representation of the most-used words in the...Tags: Executive Branch, National Government, Same-Sex Marriage, Apple iPhone, Medicaid
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City justified in gambling raid
If city workers and union officials think busting up a party in which municipal employees were drinking and gambling on the job is overzealous, then Baltimore could use a lot more zeal. The fact that the city inspector general's 2011 raid on a...Tags: Government
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State considers new pharmacy plan without Walgreens
State employees, retirees and their dependents could no longer fill their prescriptions at Walgreens under a contract being considered by Maryland's Board of Public Works.
The panel agreed Wednesday to defer action on the $2.4 billion five-year...Tags: Companies and Corporations, AFSCME, Employees, Public Employees, Drugs and Medicines
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