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Rick Scott to voters: Never mind
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Republican Gov. Rick Scott was one of those tea party stars whom voters believed had the courage of his convictions when he promised, as recently as last summer, to block The Affordable Care Act in his state. But last week, writes the...
Tags: Quinnipiac University, Ronald Reagan, Healthcare Industry, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Other states woo Maryland's gun manufacturers
As Maryland contemplates passing one of the nation's strictest gun laws, at least seven other states have courted its gun manufacturers, offering tax incentives and open arms elsewhere. The governor of Texas, West Virginia's House speaker and an Illinois...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Interior Policy, Douglas J. J. Peters, Martin O'Malley, Rushern Baker
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Supreme Court must not roll back voting rights
It would be troubling — though perhaps fitting — if Alabama, the state that gave us the Voting Rights Act in 1965 because of its opposition to providing African-American citizens the ability to register and vote, became the state that would...
Tags: Laws, U.S. Congress, Government, Voting, University of Baltimore
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Scouts' honor
The leaders of the Boy Scouts of America are expected to vote tomorrow on whether to scrap the organization's long-standing national ban on admitting gay Scouts and Scout leaders, and to replace it with a policy that allows the religious and civic...
Tags: Minority Groups, Intel Corp., Social Organizations, Rick Santorum, Boy Scouts of America
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Maryland ballot referendums offer a GOP reality check
This was the year of the referendum in Maryland, and given how things went at the polls, we're not likely to see a repeat any time soon. The success of all the three laws that were petitioned to referendum exposes the fallacy of Maryland Republicans'...
Tags: Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Justice System, Gays and Lesbians, Judges
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After Romney defeat, GOP must face the numbers
It would be tempting to call the 2012 election the year of the woman — if only for the record number headed for the U.S. Senate and their instrumental role in re-electing President Barack Obama — but it was also the year of the Latino, the...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Planned Parenthood, Migration, Family Planning, Bill Clinton
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From the land of Rick Perry, the proud paddlers
You've got to love Texas. Texas, the state that likes to remind the rest of the nation that it is bigger than England and France combined and was an independent republic before it deigned to be a state. Texas, the state that gave us both the money to...Tags: NBC (tv network), Methylphenidate, YouTube
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Texas doesn't peddle paddles
As a Baltimore native and former 25-year Texas resident who has recently returned to Maryland, please allow me to correct Susan Reimer's misrepresentation of Texas public schools ("From the land of Rick Perry, the proud paddlers," Oct. 8). Texas public...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Pikesville, Punishment
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Why Romney and Ryan are going down
Unemployment is still above 8 percent, job gains aren't even keeping up with population growth, the economy is barely moving forward. And yet, according to most polls, the Romney-Ryanticket is falling further and further behind. How can this be?...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Health Insurance Cost, Nursing Homes, Migration, Feminism
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It's not Romney's blunders that turn voters off, it's his message
Conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham recently argued that the 2012 presidential race should be a "gimme election." With high unemployment and underemployment, the argument goes, Americans should be flocking to the Republican ticket. Ms. Ingraham...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Laura Ingraham, Mitt Romney, Elections, Talk Shows (genre)
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Mitt Romney, man of mystery
Mitt Romney's income tax returns may contain some surprises that he does not want the world to know about, but they are hardly his only secrets. His biggest secret, the question he has not answered through the entire campaign, the one that bothers...
Tags: NAACP, Rush Limbaugh, Mitt Romney, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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DREAM Act links ambition with opportunity
Recently, people who would benefit from the Maryland DREAM Act rallied in Baltimore outside the Fallon Federal Building, which houses the local office of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. In Spanish and English, the speakers told...
Tags: Personal Income, Teaching and Learning, DREAM Act, Medical Specialization, Maryland Dream Act
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