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Save thousands of animals and millions of dollars
When 45,000 dogs and cats are tragically killed yearly in Maryland, costing taxpayers over $8 million, a remedy is long overdue. That's why Sen. Joanne Benson and I sponsored House Bill 767 and Senate Bill 820 in the 2013 General Assembly. It will...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Food Industry, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Martin O'Malley, Personal Income
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Crime office under probe grew rapidly
Sun StaffLt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend called it a "tiny little office" being picked on by an aggressive U.S. attorney. But the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, which finds itself tangled in a federal investigation over at least one grant...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Employees, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
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U.S. investigates grants state gave for project
Sun StaffState officials confirmed yesterday that federal authorities are investigating juvenile program grants distributed by an anti-crime office overseen by Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, but Townsend said she believes the probe is fueled by her...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Lobbying, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Republican Party, Christianity
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Lawmakers say gambling stops here
Sun StaffHARRISBURG, Pa. -- Anti-gambling leaders from Maryland met yesterday with their Pennsylvania counterparts, hoping to establish a defensive perimeter against the expansion of gambling in the Mid-Atlantic. "If it passes in Pennsylvania, it's going to...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Minority Groups, Lotteries, Laws, African Americans
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Nonprofit testified in Md. agency probe
Sun StaffFederal prosecutors have been investigating anti-crime grants distributed by an agency overseen by Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend since at least April in a probe that has included grand jury testimony by an official of a Prince George's County...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Justice System, Trials, Prince George's County
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Job places DiBiagio in politicians' crosshairs
Sun StaffWhen he was picked for the job last summer, U.S. Attorney Thomas M. DiBiagio made clear that one of his top priorities would be investigating public corruption: Those are the cases, he said, "that if we don't do them, they don't get done." Maryland's...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Washington, DC, Maryland, Louisville
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