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Md. retirement system to vote against electing Wal-Mart directors
Maryland's state retirement system said Thursday that it would once again vote against the election of Wal-Mart Stores' board because it isn't confident in the independence of the directors. The Maryland State Retirement and Pension System, which owns 1....Tags: Companies and Corporations, Walmart, Interior Policy, Elections
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Teachers take over Harford council meeting, plead for help
Harford County teachers took their protest over lack of raises and other contract issues to the county council meeting Tuesday night, packing the chamber in Bel Air as the council got ready to vote on the 2013 county budget. Before the meeting, dozens of...Tags: Public Employees, Harford County, Interior Policy, Budgets and Budgeting, Teaching and Learning
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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: Maryland General Assembly, Executive Branch, Labor Legislation, Harford County, Employees
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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: Tropical Storms, Job Layoffs, Labor Legislation, Natural Disasters, Unions
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Harford council laments passing of bonus plan but still lets it die
The plan to pay a $625 bonus this spring to nearly 7,400 Harford County government, sheriff's office and school system employees died an unceremonious death in the Harford County Council chambers Tuesday evening. Though they lamented the latest turn...Tags: Lawyers, Tropical Storms, Havre de Grace, Corporate Officers, Labor Legislation
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City police officer settles lawsuit over shootings
A Baltimore police sergeant who claimed he was never treated for post-traumatic stress disorder after he fatally shot a man in 2005 has settled a lawsuit against the city, in a deal that allows him to retire with his pension, according to court...
Tags: Lawyers, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Trials, Shootings, Employment Opportunities
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Pensions, bonuses and county budgets
This is the season when local governments finalize their budgets for the next fiscal year, and the grousing about their penurious circumstances is in full swing. Some are even complaining that the state's revised budget and tax plan — signed into...
Tags: Executive Branch, Labor Legislation, Anne Arundel County, Local Government, Harford County
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Law puts social studies back in the limelight
Social studies, a subject that had been demoted in Maryland schools in recent years, will regain some of its past educational stature under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Martin O'Malley.
Under the legislation — one of hundreds of bills O'Malley...Tags: Lawyers, Livestock Farming, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Identification Technology
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Howard County Council delays approval of Ulman's budget
The County Council Thursday decided to postpone approval of County Executive Ken Ulman's $899 million budget, as school officials wait to see if they will get more money from the state and try to reduce costs for a new elementary school. The approval,...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Howard County, Elementary Schools, Ellicott City, Ray Brown
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Harford legislators, county executive sound off on special session
The top 14 percent of Maryland residents will soon pay more in income taxes and the counties will begin to cover a portion of teacher pension costs. The House of Delegates approved the tax measure 77 to 60 Wednesday afternoon, the last day of the special...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Personal Income, Maryland General Assembly, Family, U.S. Senate
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General Assembly raises income tax on top 14 percent
It took three carefully scripted days, but Maryland's ruling Democrats finally put in place the budget deal that eluded them in the waning hours of the state's regular session last month.
The revenue package approved by the House on Wednesday will...Tags: Personal Income, Michael E. Busch, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Labor Legislation, Taxation
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Police instructor's email prompts investigation; NAACP demands apology
The Anne Arundel County Police Department has opened an internal investigation into a police training academy instructor's decision to send an email to dozens of his police colleagues calling for President Barack Obama to be voted out of office and...Tags: Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Racism, NAACP, Anne Arundel County
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