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General Assembly approves gas tax hike
The Maryland General Assembly gave final approval Friday to Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed gas tax increase, raising costs for motorists while providing an infusion of hundreds of millions of dollars a year for new roads and mass transit projects. The...
Tags: Road Transportation, U.S. Congress, Traffic, Executive Branch, Consumers
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Baltimore drivers lose $1,800 a year to bad roads and congestion, report says
Bad roads and congestion cost Baltimore-area drivers nearly $1,800 a year in lost time, vehicle repairs and wasted gas, according to a study released Thursday by TRIP, a national transportation industry group. The report says two-thirds of the region'...
Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Trips and Vacations, Transportation, Baltimore Red Line, Donald C. Fry
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Question 6: Vote no to immorality
Gov. Martin O'Malley won't tell Marylanders what he thinks marriage is, or how he came to support same-sex marriage, but he is certain "gender" is irrelevant to the marital relationship and the preservation of family and society. Even pagan Rome, which...Tags: Civil Rights, Family, Values, Executive Branch, Same-Sex Marriage
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Md., Va. governors compete nationally, but play nice at home
Republican Gov. Robert McDonnell of Virginia made no secret about who he thought should win Maryland's 2010 gubernatorial campaign. It wasn't Martin O'Malley.
Yet two months after O'Malley, a Democrat, sailed to victory, McDonnell showed up in...Tags: Vincent Gray, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Manufacturing and Engineering, Executive Branch, Natural Resources
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On same-sex marriage, O'Malley should heed O'Brien
As a Catholic, a 20-year member of the Virginia General Assembly, the author of Virginia's 2006 voter-approved one-man, one-woman Constitutional Marriage Amendment, and a graduate ofMaryland public schools, I take issue with Gov. Martin O'Malley's...Tags: Minority Groups, Freedom of the Press, Civil Rights, Justice System, Censorship
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On tax reform, O'Malley can learn a lot from Virginia
Gov. Martin O'Malley is planning to resume his fight for comprehensive tax reform during next year's regular legislative session. He is wise to do so.
The business of fixing Maryland's structural deficit is unfinished. The projected budget shortfall is...Tags: Lobbying, Executive Branch, College Sports, Minor League Baseball, Budgets and Budgeting
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