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More poverty in Baltimore's suburbs than in Baltimore
More people live in poverty in Baltimore's suburbs than in the city itself, part of a nationwide shift that is challenging the largely urban assistance network built up over decades. Suburban poverty in the Baltimore area grew 58 percent between 2000 and...
Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Personal Income, Conservation, Rentals, Brookings Institution
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Mayor calls for trash pickup fee, 10 percent cut in city workforce
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called Monday for "bold reforms" to fix a looming financial shortfall, including requiring more city workers to contribute to their retirement fund, charging residents for trash collection, asking firefighters to work longer...
Tags: Executive Branch, Interior Policy, Public Employees, Public Officials, James B. Kraft
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State delegate calls for task force reviewing Prince George's school board
A state lawmaker from Prince George's County has introduced a bill to create a task force charged with reviewing current and best practices of the Board of Education. Del. Geraldine Valentino-Smith, a Bowie Democrat who represents District 23A, which...Tags: Local Elections, PTA, Nancy Grasmick, Ken Ulman, Prince George's County
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Are Chesapeake Bay polluters getting off easy?
Would putting more polluters behind bars help restore the Chesapeake Bay? The Center for Progressive Reform believes it would. In a new report, the a pro-regulatory think tank argues that both state and federal authorities prosecute water polluters...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Water, Prisons, Laws, Colleges and Universities
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Rawlings-Blake names panel to look for Bealefeld replacement
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has named an advisory panel to assist in the search for the city's next police commissioner following the retirement of Frederick H. Bealefeld III.
The mayor's office said the panel will conduct interviews of...Tags: Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Colleges and Universities, Laws, Labor Legislation, Johns Hopkins University
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Annapolis dines at federal taxpayers' expense
Gov. Martin O'Malleyand Maryland Democrats developed a creative yet questionable fix for their budget woes in a special session of the General Assembly last month. Governor O'Malley performed budgetary acrobatics by leveraging Maryland's geography and the...
Tags: Executive Branch, Public Employees, Democratic Party, Regional Authority, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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How early is too early for high-schoolers?
It was hard to tell whether his eyes were actually open when Derek Jones shuffled into his dimly lit kitchen at 5:45 a.m., the smell of bacon in the air. The 16-year-old didn't speak, but took directions from his mother who whispered: "I have your...Tags: Harford County, Sleep Deprivation, Health and Safety at School, Carroll County (Maryland), Students
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Lori to take religious freedom message to Washington
As Catholic institutions across the country sue the Obama administration over new health insurance rules, Baltimore's new archbishop is scheduled to speak in Washington this week at a conference focusing on "Rising Threats to American Religious Freedom."...Tags: Birth Control, Health and Safety at School, Roman Catholicism, Health Treatments, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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'Next economy' envisioned for Baltimore region
A new report being released today calls on the Baltimore region to rethink economic development, pointing to a worrying trend: a mounting share of low-wage jobs shutting more and more residents out of the middle class.
The number of jobs in largely low-...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University, Energy Saving, Personal Income, Annie E. Casey Foundation
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UM 'synthesis' center seeks to balance nature, people
Scientists, economists, politicians, educators and even an artist gathered Monday in Annapolis to mark the launch of an unusual University of Maryland think tank that aims to bring academic disciplines together to tackle thorny environmental issues....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Fine Artists, Financial Aid, Colleges and Universities, Conservation
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Think tank: 10 Greediest Americans
The Institute for Policy Studies has published its list of the 10 greediest Americans for 2011. "Unfortunately, it was very easy to choose 10," says Sam Pizzigati, editor of the think tank’s “Too Much” weekly newsletter. "That's the...Tags: Larry Ellison, The New York Times, Zynga Inc., Government
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FBI committee moves to update rape definition
An FBI subcommittee made recommendations Tuesday at a meeting in Baltimore to create a new federal definition of rape, moving the agency a step closer to updating the way it counts sex crimes for the first time in more than 80 years. The new definition...Tags: Prostitution, Justice System, Police Investigations, FBI, Frederick H. Bealefeld, III
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