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Rocky Gap, state's fourth casino, opens in Western Maryland
Gambling started Wednesday afternoon at the Rocky Gap Casino Resort right after the state approved the opening of its fourth casino, one that Western Maryland leaders hope will lure not only gamblers but also their families to a region eager for more...
Tags: Cecil County, Casino and Gambling Industry, Casino and Gambling, Marketing, Prince George's County
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Baltimore has high rate of staff-inmate sex
The Baltimore City Detention Center had the nation's second-highest rate of sexual contact between jail staff and inmates, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study released less than a month after federal prosecutors accused corrections officers at...
Tags: Prosecution, Montgomery County (Maryland), Abusive Behavior, AFSCME, New Year's Day
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Unions do their business on taxpayers' dime
It's the old "fair share" argument, but this time it holds even less water than usual. The Maryland State Education Association, the union that bargains on behalf of K-12 teachers throughout Maryland, wants to force all teachers — members or not &#...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Calvert County, Teachers, AFSCME, Executive Branch
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Assembly passes bill to open casino jobs to some ex-offenders
In a move to open thousands of middle-class jobs to former offenders, the General Assembly gave final approval Wednesday to legislation that would allow Maryland casinos to hire some people currently banned because of criminal records. The Senate voted...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Criminals, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Employment Opportunities
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Md. gun bill survives early test vote on House floor
The Baltimore SunGov. Martin O'Malley's gun-control bill is expected to undergo a long and heated debate in the House late Tuesday afternoon as delegates begin considering Maryland's first major piece of gun control legislation in two decades. The state Senate in...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Personal Weapon Control, Parties and Movements, Maryland State Police, Punishment
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House panel kills 'black liquor' bill
Legislation that would have phased out millions in ratepayer-financed subsidies for mostly out-of-state paper mills died in a House committee Friday, just a day after the Senate passed a companion measure. The House version of the so-called "black...
Tags: Paper and Product Packaging Industry, Alternative Energy, John A. Olszewski, Jr., Renewable Energy, Lobbying
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Allegany Co. man shot by state trooper dies
An Allegany County man shot Thursday night by state troopers as he opened fire on members of his family has died of his wounds, police said Friday. Samuel E. George was pronounced dead at Maryland Shock Trauma Center, according to police. Internal and...Tags: Maryland State Police, Shootings, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, House Building
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'Black liquor' phase-out clears Senate
A phase-out of renewable energy subsidies for paper mills has cleared the Maryland Senate, though with a provision that guarantees the state's only paper plant in Allegany County would continue to receive payments underwritten by taxpayers....
Tags: Paper and Product Packaging Industry, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Electricity Production and Distribution, Energy Saving
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Police investigating possible killing at state prison
State police are investigating the possible killing of an inmate Tuesday night at a prison in Hagerstown, the fifth such incident at a state prison in six months. State police said the victim was a 22-year-old inmate at the Maryland Correctional...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Murder, Prisons
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'Black liquor' bill resurrected
Some Annapolis lawmakers have gotten in the Easter spirit a little early. A bill that would curtail millions in renewable-energy subsidies for mostly out-of-state paper mills comes to the Senate floor Monday, after being killed last week and then revived...Tags: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Easter, Paper and Product Packaging Industry, Justice System
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Supporters mount campaign to preserve assault weapons ban
Gov. Martin O'Malley and gun-control advocates launched an offensive Thursday to protect his proposed ban on assault-type weapons from a House committee's efforts to scale it back. "Military-style assault weapons belong on the battlefield, NOT on the...
Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Harry Reid, Anthony W. Batts, Government
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'Black liquor' deal goes sour
A deal environmentalists thought had been worked out to stop mostly out-of-state paper mills from cashing in on Maryland's renewable energy law by burning so-called "black liquor" has come unglued. The state's only paper plant in Allegany County has...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Alternative Energy, John A. Olszewski, Jr., Renewable Energy, Lawyers
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