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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: Quinnipiac University, David A. Paterson, Martin O'Malley, Personal Weapon Control, Regional Authority
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Veterans, advocates brace for cutbacks
The Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training's Baltimore complex is full of neatly made beds and shining-clean floors, a military-like environment for homeless former service members working to get their lives back on track. Its executive...Tags: Shaun Donovan, Social Security, Jones Falls Expressway, U.S. Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs
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City to lose federal housing workers
Nearly three dozen workers at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development office in Baltimore — roughly a third of the agency's workforce in Maryland — are being forced to transfer out of state or take a buyout. The choice, which...
Tags: Employees
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Federal innovation a matter of perspective
The federal government has an innovation problem — or does it? The answer depends on whom you ask. Federal employees surveyed over the past three years have had a declining view of government innovation. But that doesn't mean Uncle Sam doesn't...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Space Programs, U.S. Department of State, Public Employees, Government
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How the welfare state has grown — and sapped America's economy and culture
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." — Thomas Jefferson My recent column on the challenges associated with the Social...
Tags: Sociology, Washington, DC, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, State of the Union Address, Authors
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Sequester cuts into Section 8 funding
If the federal sequester remains in place, families in Section 8 housing in Howard County might have to begin paying more by mid-2014. The Howard County Housing Commission has been informed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...Tags: Chicago Housing Authority, Public Housing, Section 8 (housing), Personal Income
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Md. will receive $8.6 million more in Sandy aid
Maryland communities affected by Super Storm Sandy will receive $8.6 million in federal funding under an emergency spending measure approved by Congress last month. The money, which is in addition to the roughly $1.5 million in assistance the federal...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Barbara A. Mikulski, Justice System, Somerset County (Maryland), U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Rottweiler dispute resolved in Howard
Hazel Sanders and her Rottweiler service dog, Jurnee, are preparing to move into an apartment she can afford after the management company agreed to drop objections based on the Maryland Court of Appeals decision earlier this year defining pit bulls as...
Tags: Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Arthritis, Human Rights, Apartments, Rentals
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Study concludes FHA lending practices in Baltimore area could lead to high foreclosure rates
Homes with federally insured mortgages — afforded to mostly lower-income borrowers — are expected to see a spike in foreclosures because of dicey lending practices, according to a recent study. More than a dozen ZIP codes in the Baltimore...
Tags: Baltimore County, Barack Obama, American Enterprise Institute, Financial and Business Services, Dundalk
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House-flipping waiver is extended
Federal officials have extended a regulatory waiver that makes it easier to "flip" properties — a move meant to encourage the renovation of foreclosed homes but that critics say could herald the return of predatory schemes.
The Federal Housing...Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Bankruptcy, Mortgages, Foreclosures, Federal Housing Administration
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Senators challenge federal denial of aid to Marylanders hit by Sandy
U.S. Sens. Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin publicly challenged on Wednesday a federal decision not to provide aid to Maryland residents affected by Hurricane Sandy — calling on President Barack Obama and federal emergency officials to rethink the...
Tags: Craig Fugate, Barbara A. Mikulski, Barack Obama, Somerset County (Maryland), Benjamin L. Cardin
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Some Sandy victims still waiting for federal aid
A month after Hurricane Sandy crashed ashore, hundreds of Marylanders affected by the storm are still waiting for the federal government to provide funding for housing and living expenses. Federal assistance has been flowing for weeks to families in...
Tags: Washington, DC, Craig Fugate, Baltimore County, Martin O'Malley, Barbara A. Mikulski
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