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Obama budget cuts would hit Maryland
Labor unions that represent government workers — and some Maryland Democrats — criticized the budget President Barack Obama unveiled Monday for cutting $27 billion in federal employee pensions while offering what they called a modest, half-...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Elijah E. Cummings, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Tickets to sold-out concerts, luxury boxes not uncommon for city officials
Luxury boxes at major sporting events. Sold-out concerts. Galas. Vegas shows.
Baltimore's lawmakers often receive tickets for shows and other popular events from developers, business people, corporations and nonprofits as one of the perks of office. Over...Tags: Jonas Brothers (music group), University of Baltimore, Ice Hockey, 1st Mariner Arena, Judges
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Common Cause: Mayor's skybox should be 'people's skybox'
A government watchdog group said Thursday that Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has politicized invitations to her office's Ravens skybox, and urged her to include more working-class residents.
"The mayor has made the choice to turn this into a political...Tags: Water Supply, Charity, Local Elections, Elections, Public Officials
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State considers new pharmacy plan without Walgreens
State employees, retirees and their dependents could no longer fill their prescriptions at Walgreens under a contract being considered by Maryland's Board of Public Works.
The panel agreed Wednesday to defer action on the $2.4 billion five-year...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Annapolis, Prescription Drugs, Civil and Public Service, Government
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Obama proposes 'modest' federal pay raise
The White House has proposed a modest half-percent pay raise for civilian federal employees beginning next year — a move that would affect thousands of Maryland workers. If the across-the-board raise is approved by Congress, it would end a 2-year-...Tags: Steny H. Hoyer, Jeff Sessions, National Security Agency, Government, National Institutes of Health
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Smoking programs not keeping pace
Most states, including Maryland, are not doing enough to protect the public from tobacco or prevent related disease, according to the latest assessment from the American Lung Associationdue out today.
In its 10th annual State of Tobacco Control Report...Tags: Health Insurance, Chemicals, Government Health Care, Civil and Public Service, Government
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Hotline gives state whistle-blowers a place to call
It's just an ordinary phone, the hotline that tips the state of Maryland's bloodhounds that something's amiss in one of the agencies. It isn't red, there are no special bells and whistles, but it does get answered.
And when it does, it can set off a...Tags: Criminals, Accounting and Auditing, Conservation, Annapolis, Theft
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Government workers are not the 1 percent
Once again, Marta Mossburg displays her disturbing obsession with public employees, as she plays the apologist for the wealthiest Marylanders ("In Maryland, your taxes support many of the one percent," Dec. 7). Ms. Mossburg is again muddying the waters...Tags: AFSCME, Interior Policy, Personal Income, Annapolis, Scott Walker
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Advocates, lawmakers plan fight to restore commuter tax break
Commuter advocates and Maryland lawmakers say they will fight to renew an expiring tax credit that benefits mass-transit users, including MARC riders.
Current federal law allows commuters to withhold up to $230 in pre-tax income each month that can be...Tags: Public Transportation, Government, Tax Credits, Unions, Mark Kirk
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Workers 'outraged' by Kamenetz, former councilmen's pensions
The head of a Baltimore County public employees union says workers are outraged over the lucrative pension deals of County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and former councilmen Sam Moxley and Vince Gardina.
An amendment to a 2010 pension reform law allowed...Tags: Baltimore County, Labor Legislation, Judges, Kevin Kamenetz, Government
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Job security not guaranteed for some Balto Co. unions
Earlier this year, Baltimore County promised job security through 2014 for members of three public employee unions, but county officials say they can't make the same guarantee for other labor groups. The Kamenetz administration is in talks with the...Tags: AFSCME, Unemployment, Baltimore County, Unions, Kevin Kamenetz
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Harford's Craig responds to county council on bonuses
Sparring continued over a proposed $1,250 bonus for Harford County government employees following the Harford County Council's hearing Tuesday on the legislation to fund the bonuses. Council members voted to table the budget transfer legislation, some of...Tags: Corporate Officers, Civil and Public Service, Government, AFSCME, Labor Legislation
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