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Miller calls tax break threshold issue most difficult
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. said the parts of Gov.Martin O'Malley's budget proposal capping the income levels at which taxpayers can make full use of income tax exemptions and reduction will be the most difficult to get through the...Tags: Interior Policy, Executive Branch, Interior Policy, Personal Income, U.S. Senate
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O'Malley proposes $240 million shift of teacher pension costs to counties
Teachers, local elected officials, affluent Marylanders and health care providers are among those likely to be aggrieved Wednesday when Gov. Martin O'Malley releases his budget for next year. As part of a plan to address Maryland's $1 billion budget...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Local Government, Layoffs and Downsizing, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Budgets and Budgeting
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Miller wants new university research center in Baltimore
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller has called for the establishment of a center in Baltimore for the state's top two public research universities to seek funding of joint projects — a step toward his eventual goal of "reunification" for the...Tags: Michael E. Busch, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Martin O'Malley, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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If the Sierra Club wins, Md. workers lose
In a recent op-ed ("Don't export LNG in Maryland," March 5), the executive director of the Sierra Club does his best to convince readers he's genuinely concerned about the Cove Point natural gas gateway in Calvert County. In reality, though, the...Tags: Natural Gas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Resources, Catonsville, Natural Resources
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After slow start, flu season ramps up in Maryland
It's nearly spring, temperatures in the 70s, yet the flu waited until now to ramp up in Maryland, killing three members of a Calvert County family.
Usually, flu season strikes earlier. By this time last year, the flu had been widespread and had already...Tags: Pneumonia, Family, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, Respiratory System
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School board considers minimum academic standards for athletes
The state school board is considering whether students who play sports in high school should maintain a minimum 2.0 grade point average to be eligible, a requirement already in place in 16 school systems in Maryland. A statewide committee of...Tags: Teaching and Learning, High Schools, Kate Walsh, Maryland General Assembly, Schools
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Funeral held for Calvert County family stricken with flu
Lou Ruth Blake was the family's matriarch who sang in the church choir and organized gospel shows. Lowell Frederick Blake liked to make people laugh. Venessa Marie Blake was the ardent churchgoer with a contagious smile.
All three family members died...Tags: Family, Pneumonia, Lungs and Airways, Diseases and Illnesses, Staphylococcal Infection
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Chessie: Chesapeake by choice
Welcome back, old friend.
In a summer of discontent across the United States from the record heat wave that's plagued much of the country to the icy deficit reduction talks in Washington, it's good to see a familiar (and might we add unflappable)...Tags: Chesapeake Bay, U.S. Coast Guard, Conservation, Morgan State University, Endangered Species
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Forecast: Rain, heavy at times, and thunderstorms; high 71
The National Weather Service was calling for Wednesday to be rainy, with a high near 71 and east winds of 11 to 13 miles per hour. Rain could be heavy at times. Thunderstorms are possible after 2 p.m. New rainfall amounts of between a quarter of an inch...Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Weather Reports
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Bits & Pieces: TriColumbia and school system partnership a win for students
When I first heard about a partnership between TriColumbia, the organization that puts on many of our triathlons, and the Howard County School System, I was somewhat surprised. After all, partnerships to me mean an even split between the two parties....Tags: Volleyball, Teaching and Learning, Washington College (Maryland), Severna Park, High School Sports
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Maryland Senate votes to tax the rich
The state Senate voted Thursday to significantly raise taxes on Marylanders earning half a million dollars or more — prompting complaints that liberals were bent on launching class warfare in the state. The Senate's vote to adopt what is being...Tags: Barack Obama, Paul Ryan, Roger Manno, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Taxation
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Woman defrauds NSA for family firm, then embezzles $4.5 million
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced the final member of a family business that was used to cheat the National Security Agency out of nearly $1.5 million, prosecutors said. Christina Turley Knott, 51, of Edgewater, was sentenced to 15 months in...Tags: Judges, Annapolis, Prisons, Justice System, Upper Marlboro
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