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Public hearings to begin on BGE rate-increase case
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers with opinions about the utility's request for higher rates can air them at public hearings beginning Monday. BGE wants to increase its distribution charges about $6.62 a month for the typical residential electric...
Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., St. Paul Street, Government
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Pension chief: Mossburg ignores reforms
In her latest column, "Maryland's debt bomb" (Dec. 5), Marta Mossburg cites a report by the State Budget Solutions that Maryland's "pension obligations to state employees are about $48.2 billion." Ms. Mossburg and other critics of defined benefit plans...Tags: Employees, Interior Policy, Standards, Government, Pension and Welfare
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PSC holds first hearing on BGE request to raise rates
State regulators considering Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.'s request for higher rates will hear this week and next from the people least likely to agree: BGE's ratepayers. So far, though, the volume is hardly deafening: Only one person spoke Monday...
Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Annapolis, St. Paul Street, Government
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Workers should not be forced to pay union dues
I was reading about some American Federal of State, County and Municipal Employees getting retroactive raises back to July 1. How nice. By way of this letter, you're welcome. I say this because Gov. Martin O'Malley and AFSCME thought it would be more...Tags: Employees, Martin O'Malley, Medical Procedures and Tests, Brooklyn Park, AFSCME
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Md. utility regulator decries electricity proposal
Maryland's utility regulator Friday criticized a decision that could alter electricity bidding rules in the region, saying the change would hurt consumers. The state Public Service Commission is upset with the proposed changes that PJM Interconnection,...
Tags: Consumers, Auction Service, Marketing, Government
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BGE, seeking rate increase, to make case to regulators
Hearings begin Monday in a case that will decide whether Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers can expect higher distribution charges next year. BGE is asking for increases that would come to about $6.62 a month for the typical residential electric...
Tags: Plant Closings, Prices, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., St. Paul Street, Government
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Shopping for electricity just a PointClickSwitch away
Whenever Allyn Simon thought she needed to get a better deal on her electricity bill, she would visit various Maryland energy suppliers' websites, take notes and sometimes call customer service. The process could take hours. But the 56-year-old North...
Tags: Consumers, Baltimore Development Corporation, Fines, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
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Maryland budget reflects improving economy
Gov. Martin O'Malley released a $37 billion spending plan Wednesday that for the first time in recent years contains no drastic cuts or proposed tax increases. Amid a stronger economy, O'Malley also proposed to boost the pay for state workers, expand...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Martin O'Malley, Regional Authority, Michael E. Busch, Finance
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STOCK Act: Federal employees sue government over financial disclosure
Seven senior federal employees and four employees' groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to stop their agencies from posting their salaries, stock portfolios and other assets online. Congress required federal agencies to post the data by Aug. 31 as...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Justice System, Litigation, Laws, Trials
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Terrorism, Economic Policy, International Law, Harvard University
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Good news for Md.'s budget
Two years ago, just after Gov. Martin O'Malley won his second term, Maryland's Spending Affordability Committee got a sobering briefing from state fiscal analysts. Thanks to federal stimulus funds, Maryland had been scraping by despite the deepest...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Martin O'Malley, Regional Authority, Medicaid, Finance
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District 1 candidates prepare for Board of Education race
With the general election less than seven weeks away, candidates Zabrina Epps and David Murray are ramping up their efforts to claim the open District 1 seat on the Prince George's County Board of Education. The seat is being left vacant by Rosalind...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Students, NAACP, Colleges and Universities, Maryland General Assembly
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