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Mayor's bill would require city workers to pay into pensions
With the pension system for City Hall workers facing nearly $700 million in unfunded liabilities, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is introducing legislation today that would require employees to start contributing part of their salaries to the fund....
Tags: Finance, Retirement, Judges, Government, Labor Legislation
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Maryland GOP elects new chairman
The Baltimore SunMaryland Republican Party interim chairman Diana Waterman fended off challenges and won election as head of the state GOP this past weekend, taking the reins as the party faces a shortened fundraising session for state lawmakers and challenges from...Tags: Alex X Mooney, Paul Ryan, Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland), Parties and Movements, Personal Weapon Control
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Md. consumers made several gains in latest legislative session
Consumer advocates say they didn't get everything on their wish list during the latest meeting of the General Assembly, but the session produced several victories for Maryland consumers. For example, Marylanders would find it easier to buy auto coverage...
Tags: Finance, Theft, Consumers, Rental Service, Prisons
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'Amazing Race' recap, Delivering letters in Berlin, the world's hippest city
This week's Race takes us to Berlin to learn that 1) historical quotes are hard, yo, and 2) hipsters in Berlin win at hipstering. It’s the Final Five teams, because we lost Chuck and Wynona in Switzerland after some improperly transported cheese....
Tags: Personal Data Collection, Ice Hockey, The Amazing Race (tv program), Auto Racing, Museums
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America's just not that into Obama
"You know, I actually believe my own bull----." That's what President Barack Obama once told a reporter. If the man ever uttered a statement that spoke more to his approach to politics, I haven't heard it. Whether it stems from a grandiose...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Organizing for Action, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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Cooksville victim's friends, family fight parole one signature at a time
When Christopher Cheswick learned that the drunken driver who killed his son Matthew might be paroled after little more than a year in prison, he turned to Facebook to post his outrage and heartbreak. Carl Braun had a different reaction: He launched...
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Punishment, Labor Legislation, Personal Weapon Control, Prisons
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Citizens must unite to stop the senseless slaughter by gun violence
One sign of being crazy is to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result. Allowing guns to proliferate on our streets repeatedly has resulted in violence against innocent people, but given the opportunity to do something...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Senate
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Catonsville area delegate plans to run for senate
Del. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, a Democrat who currently represents District 10 that includes Catonsville, announced last week that she plans to run for the state Senate in the newly configured District 44. The current District 44 Senate seat is held by...
Tags: Baltimore County, Howard County, Gun Control, Primaries, Personal Weapon Control
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Big government threatens our freedoms
The title of your recent editorial on campaign finance reform should have been "Big government wins" ("Good government wins," April 15). Higher taxes and fees, more spending and less control over their lives by legal, law-abiding citizens creates less...
Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Elections
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Maryland gun-control opponents won't seek referendum
Opponents of Maryland's tough new gun-control law said Wednesday that they will not seek to petition it to referendum and instead will back a lawsuit planned by the National Rifle Association. "This is a constitutional right that should not go to the...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Judges, Laws, Radio Industry, Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland)
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Gun control helpful but misrepresented
I have several comments on the commentary written by Peter Morici ("The false security of gun-control measures," April 16). The common conclusion from gun rights advocates, one that has become quite wearisome, seems to be that if every shooting...Tags: Gun Control, Firearms, Personal Weapon Control, Shootings
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Gun control never stops at straw buyers
On the face of it, I and most other gun owners agree with the recent letter from Liz Kato and Joanne Locke ("Stop 'straw buyers' from purchasing guns," April 15). No responsible gun owner is OK with straw purchases. Any bill specifically aimed at straw...
Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control
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