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Same speculation, different styles for O'Malley, Cuomo
By the time Gov. Martin O'Malley left the Democratic convention last fall, he had schmoozed with party leaders from Iowa, spoken to potential donors and hosted swanky parties that kept delegates entertained into the next morning — efforts that...
Tags: Annapolis, Gays and Lesbians, E.J. Pipkin, Interior Policy, Andrew Cuomo
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What Steel City can teach Charm City
I never thought I'd hear a Baltimorean say such a thing. Last week, while reporting on the Rawlings-Blake administration's 10-year financial plan, I spoke with the mayor's press secretary, Ian Brennan. We covered a lot of ground in our hourlong phone...
Tags: University of Pittsburgh, Steel City, Brookings Institution, World War II (1939-1945), G20
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'Fracking' brings prosperity, problems to Pennsylvania
Times are good these days at the Linde Corp., where despite a sluggish economy nationally, the company is on a hiring binge. The construction company, based near Wilkes-Barre in northeastern Pennsylvania, has seen its workforce nearly triple over the...
Tags: Energy Resources, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Natural Resource Industry, Annapolis, Water
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LaHood's departure leaves potential opening for Porcari
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's decision to leave the Obama administration, which was announced Tuesday, could provide an opening for his No. 2: Former Maryland transportation official John D. Porcari. Though his name is not on the...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Ray LaHood, Government, Executive Branch
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Miller proposes local gas tax, leasing ICC
Baltimore and Maryland's counties could impose their own 5-cents-a-gallon tax on gas to pay for local roads and buses under a proposal by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller. Miller also proposed Thursday leasing a state toll highway to a private...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Annapolis, Mitch Daniels, Republican Party, Taxation
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O'Malley argues for assault weapons ban on MSNBC
Gov. Martin O'Malley took his call for a ban on assault weapons to national television Wednesday night, arguing on MSNBC's Hard Ball that "these combat weapons have no place in a civilized society." O'Malley this week said his administration is crafting...Tags: Government, Interior Policy, MSNBC (tv network), Martin O'Malley, Personal Weapon Control
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Rendell urges business group to back 'essential' public works projects
Infrastructure could be the least sexy word in the English language, former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell acknowledged to his audience Monday morning, but "it is essential to everything we do." While roads, rails and the electric grid — just to name...
Tags: Government, Regional Authority, Suez Canal, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Executive Branch
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To restore the bay, restore the bay partnership
When the Chesapeake Bay restoration program began in earnest in 1983, with the signing of the first Chesapeake Bay Agreement, it was hailed as the beginning of a new era of interjurisdictional partnering to save a national treasure. And so it was. With...
Tags: Water, Executive Branch, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Government
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Private money for public projects urged
The O'Malley administration estimates Maryland could raise up to $315 million a year from private investors to help pay for highways, bridges and other needed projects, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown said Friday. Some other states are doing more to tap into...Tags: Highway Transportation, Annapolis, Republican Party, John F. Kennedy, Company Privatization
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Port investor offers plan to confront joblessness
A Maryland financier who helped privatize the Seagirt Marine Terminal in 2009 is trying to sell Congress on an ambitious, $250 billion plan he says would modernize the nation's crumbling infrastructure while creating millions of jobs.
Christopher H. Lee,...Tags: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Highway Transportation, Republican Party, Unemployment, Executive Branch
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Exelon's Philadelphia utility fulfills promises to customers, regulators
As Exelon Corp. continues to pursue Constellation Energy Group, the Chicago energy giant is pointing to a decade-old deal with a Philadelphia utility as a success that should reassure wary Marylanders — and regulators — about its intentions...Tags: Litigation and Regulation, Consumers, Charity, Corporate Officers, Companies and Corporations
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