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With new casino opening, a look back at Cordish's gambling record
Eleven years have passed since the Cordish Cos. broke ground on their first casino venture, a project with the Seminole tribe of Florida.
Since then, the Baltimore-based developer, which builds and runs urban retail and entertainment venues, has been...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Inner Harbor, Entertainment Events, Penn National Gaming, Companies and Corporations
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Harford council passes $624 million operating budget
The Harford County Council passed a $624 million operating budget for 2013 Tuesday night, and a $123.8 million capital budget, but not before some council members lamented the budget process and a "breakdown in communication" with the administration....Tags: Harford County, Voting, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections
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Residents to see increased 'flush tax' on property tax bills
New on Marylanders tax bills this year will be an increase in the state's so-called "flush tax," which will double from $30 to $60 annually. That was part of Harford County Treasurer Kathryn Hewitt's overview of the tax assessment process she provided at...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Property Tax, Harford County, Prices, Real Estate
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Harford executive answers critics on bonus
Harford County Executive David R. Craig issued the following statement Wednesday in response to criticism regarding his decision to withdraw legislation that would have provided a second $625 one-time pay bonus to teachers and other county employees:...Tags: Teachers, Executive Branch, Pension and Welfare, Labor Legislation, Interior Policy
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Maryland receives No Child Left Behind waiver
Maryland was one of eight states granted a waiver Tuesday from some of the strictest requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which will allow the state to set more reasonable goals for student achievement levels and adopt reforms to close...Tags: Andres Alonso, U.S. Department of Education, Students, Barack Obama, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Maryland, land of 'progressive' taxation
We taxpayers should be so very proud of our state leaders as evidenced by the increasingly frequent national attention given to the ineptitude of the Maryland General Assembly. Most recently, The Wall Street Journal highlights Gov.Martin O'Malley as the...Tags: The Wall Street Journal
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Maryland offers tax relief on debt forgiveness
For a long time, you had to pay income tax on debt that your mortgage lender forgave. During the height of the housing crisis, the federal government offered a reprieve — it stopped collecting income tax on up to $2 million of forgiven mortgage debt...Tags: Income Tax, State Income Tax, Personal Income, Mortgages, Taxation
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Harford executive withdraws employee bonus bills; county council goes along
Citing the new financial burden caused by last week's Maryland General Assembly action on teacher pension obligations, Harford County Executive David Craig withdrew legislation that would have paid a one-time, $625 bonus to all county government and...Tags: Job Layoffs, Tropical Storms, Hurricane Irene (2011), Labor Legislation, Natural Disasters
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Eileen M. O'Hagan, advocate
Eileen M. O'Hagan, a homemaker and advocate for children with cleft lips and cleft palates, died of cancer May 18 at her Cockeysville home. She was 73.
Born Eileen Gayo in Baltimore and raised on Eierman Avenue, she attended the Shrine of the Little...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Birth Defects, Breast Cancer, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Westminster (Carroll, Maryland)
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New law helps schools cope with food allergies
Maryland public schools will all soon be keeping emergency supplies of epinephrine on hand for students who may have an allergic reaction, and patient advocates are applauding the new law. “Receiving a dose of epinephrine in the critical minutes...
Tags: Allergies, Health and Safety at School, Epinephrine, Asthma, Students
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Legislature should reverse pit bull ruling
Given the lack of interest in the Maryland General Assembly regarding pit bulls being labeled as "inherently dangerous," I must speak out in their defense ("Pit bull bill sought for special session," May 8). Perhaps owners of pit bulls should be labeled...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Windsor Mill
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Several Harford churches active in petition drive to overturn same-sex marriage law
A number of Harford County churches and religious leaders are leading the local fight to revoke Maryland's new same-sex marriage law before it can go into effect. Several Harford churches are supporting the Maryland Marriage Alliance coalition in a...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Voting, Illegal Immigrants, Family
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