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Anti-congressional map group makes web-only ad
A group opposing the new congressional map -- which will be on the ballot as question 5 -- has produced its first web-only video. The 30-second spot put out by a group called Repeal the Gerrymander highlights the state's oddly shaped congressional...Tags: Baltimore County, U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Party, Justice System, Judges
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Edgewood residents encouraged to exercise their right to vote
"People in Edgewood, Harford County and the state of Maryland have to understand the power of the vote. It's not just a right. It's a responsibility." That was the message guest speaker Charles Lollar delivered to members of the Edgewood Community...Tags: Family, Maryland General Assembly, Elections, Civil Rights, Illegal Immigrants
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At College Park, college students register to vote with a click
Until a few weeks ago, University of Maryland junior Tali Alter was registered to vote in her home state of Illinois. But the 21-year-old psychology major was eager to cast a ballot in this state in favor of same-sex marriage and in-state tuition for...Tags: Baltimore County, Teaching and Learning, Elections, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Illegal Immigrants
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Towson Library looks at ballot issues in discussion series
The League of Women Voters and the Towson branch of the Baltimore County Public Library have scheduled several discussions, starting Thursday, on referendums that will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot. A panel will delve into Perspectives on the Dream Act,...Tags: Baltimore County, Elections, Health Care Reform (2009), T. Rowe Price, Illegal Immigrants
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Md. must reject Dream Act nightmare
Last year, Gov. Martin O'Malley signed Senate Bill 167 into law which granted Illegal immigrant college students the same tuition rate normally reserved for legal citizens of Maryland. Later, more than 110,000 Maryland citizens signed a petition to...Tags: Migration, Immigration, Martin O'Malley, Illegal Immigrants, Executive Branch
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State officials not concerned about voter-registration fraud
Volunteers, interest groups and others are rushing to register voters as Maryland's deadline to do so in time for the November general election looms less than two weeks away. But while recent voter-registration scandals have been cause for concern in...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Elections, Referenda, Mitt Romney, Voting
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Maryland faith leaders back DREAM Act
Local leaders of the Catholic, Mainline Protestant and black churches are planning to speak this evening in favor of in-state tuition breaks for illegal immigrants at Maryland’s public colleges and universities, advocates said. Archbishop William...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Roman Catholicism, Colleges and Universities, Maryland Dream Act, Anglicanism
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Gambling, same sex marriage, 'Dream Act' hot topics on Nov. ballot
Voters in Harford County will have more decisions to make come November other than whom to elect for President and to represent the First and Second congressional districts. A recent event at Harford Community College sponsored by the League of Women...
Tags: Family, Public Officials, Personal Income, Harford County, Harford Community College
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Dream Act is a great investment
Many of the arguments on both sides of the debate about Maryland's version of the Dream Act are emotional. They deal with the question of whether it is fair to provide benefits in the form of in-state college tuition to students whose parents came to this...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Maryland Dream Act, Migration
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UMBC: DREAM Act will save money
Giving some illegal immigrants more access to higher education in Maryland could mean an extra $5 million a year for the state government, according to a new cost-benefit study by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The study found that the net...Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants
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1,000 students, advocates march for Maryland Dream Act
Ricardo Campos was born in El Salvador, but it was three years ago in a hospital room at Johns Hopkins Hospital that he was given life. Suffering from bone cancer, he underwent surgery in 2009 that required him to use a wheelchair for one year, until he...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Elections, Maryland Dream Act, University of Maryland Baltimore County
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UMBC researchers say Dream Act could generate millions in revenue for state
Providing illegal immigrants more access to higher education in Maryland could generate an extra $5 million in revenue for the state per graduating college class, according to a new cost-benefit study by University of Maryland, Baltimore County...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Maryland Dream Act, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Migration, Judges
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