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Change Maryland argues for change at state's economic development agency
A group formed by a Maryland businessman argued in a report released Monday that the state's Department of Business and Economic Development is a political marketing organization rather than the job-creation agency it should be. The department needs to...
Tags: Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Republican Party, Business, Annapolis, University of Baltimore
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Why Sarah Palin should be the 2016 GOP nominee -- seriously
The Republican Party has been doing a lot of hand-wringing and finger-pointing since the presidential election. Half the conservative columnists and bloggers say the GOP lost because it overemphasized social issues such as abortion and gay marriage. The...
Tags: Sarah Palin, Republican Party, Health Treatments, Same-Sex Marriage, Barack Obama
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Gas tax gets a second look
Anyone who believes that political stalemate over raising taxes or a preference for deferring hard choices were problems unique to Congress has probably never been to Annapolis. Even when one party dominates both chambers, as the Democrats do in the...
Tags: Investments, Annapolis, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail
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Civil rights leader Lawrence Guyot dies at 73
Lawrence Guyot, a civil rights leader who survived jailhouse beatings in the Deep South in the 1960s and went on to encourage generations to get involved, has died. He was 73. Guyot had a history of heart problems and suffered from diabetes, and died...
Tags: Tougaloo College, The Washington Post, Same-Sex Marriage, Barack Obama, Colleges and Universities
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Federal employees hopeful on DOMA
Current and retired federal employees who have been on the offense against the Defense of Marriage Act can't taste victory yet, but its scent is growing stronger now that the Supreme Court has decided to review the law. Federal workers and retirees have...Tags: Justice System, Minority Groups, The Washington Post, Republican Party, Same-Sex Marriage
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How Republicans win in 2016
Last week's column was all about why certain of us (49 percent nationally) continue to identify with the party of individualism and free markets. This week, a related topic: what it will take to increase that 49 percent to 51 percent in 2016. First,...
Tags: Minority Groups, Republican Party, Todd Akin, Health Treatments, Richard Mourdock
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Lawmakers eye proposals to speed voting
Long lines that caused voters in Maryland and several other states to wait hours at polling places on Election Day are prompting a push for new laws to speed the process of casting a ballot. Lawmakers in Congress and the Maryland General Assembly say...
Tags: Elijah E. Cummings, Republican Party, Maryland General Assembly, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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BP is not a criminal -- but its executives might be
The Justice Department has entered into the largest criminal settlement in U.S. history with the giant oil company BP, in connection with the 2010 disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people and caused the worst oil spill in American history....
Tags: U.S. Senate, Environmental Pollution, Federal Election Commission, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Justice System
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Letter: Another Democrat speaks out about the election
Editor: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan had not finished deconstructing their campaign apparatus after the Nov. 6 elections, before their supporters in Harford County decided to serve up wine made out of their sour grapes upon reading my friend Wendy Sawyer's...Tags: Planned Parenthood, U.S. Senate, Paul Ryan, Republican Party, U.S. House of Representatives
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Frosh takes lead in money race for attorney general
Sen. Brian E. Frosh took a more than 2-to-1 lead in the money race over another Democratic lawmaker known to be considering a race for attorney general in 2014, newly filed campaign finance reports show. Frosh, of Montgomery County, raised $241,021 last...
Tags: Justice System, Brian E Frosh, Lawyers, Elections
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Fight brews on Maryland drink deposit law
In a bid to boost recycling and reduce litter, a trio of lawmakers announced plans Monday to push for legislation that would levy a refundable nickel deposit on every beverage container sold in Maryland.
But the announcement drew prompt opposition from...Tags: Inner Harbor, Tour Operations Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Annapolis, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Needed: A fair deal on debt reduction
A drive through Baltimore reveals signs of economic optimism as well as severe poverty. If the economy is to fully recover from the worst recession in decades, Democrats and Republicans must accept that sacrifices are necessary from both sides ("GOP...Tags: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Plan B (drug), Barack Obama
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