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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Wednesday

WEATHER

sunny skies, with a high temperature near 78 degrees. It is expected to be clear tonight, with a low temperature around 50 degrees.

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TRAFFIC

for this morning's issues as you plan your commute.

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FROM LAST NIGHT...

: Public-employee unions are urging Baltimore County Council members to reject a proposal by County Executive Kevin Kamenetz that would cut pension benefits for some workers, saying it sends a bad message to labor leaders and undermines negotiations.

: Baltimore's recreation and parks director is leaving for a job in Florida less than two years after he took the helm of the fiscally strapped city department, the mayor's office announced Tuesday.

: Maryland judges' salaries will increase by roughly 3 percent annually, hiking their pay by more than $14,000 over three years. Currently, Maryland judges make an average of $151,852 annually, with the chief judge of the Court of Appeals earning the highest salary of $181,352.

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: There was a five-car accident shortly after 4 p.m. on Route 924, south of Plumtree Road. Photographs from the scene show the five vehicles were involved in an accordion, chain-reaction crash just south of the intersection.

TODAY'S FRONT PAGE

: Maryland may eventually do away with tollbooths on the state's highways, bridges and tunnels and switch to electronic toll collection. A preliminary report by the Maryland Transportation Authority concluded that converting its seven toll plazas is feasible but would cost as much as $180 million.

: On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency declared the Sauer Dump a Superfund site, making it a priority for a federally supervised cleanup. When it will finally get cleaned up, though, remains an open question.

: Attorney Christie Needleman, who confirmed that she is representing Officer John A. Ward, said there are "two sides to every story" but declined to comment further as the investigation continues.

: The governor is scheduled to testify before House and Senate committees on behalf of his $613 million-a-year plan to apply the state's 6 percent sales tax to gas so Maryland can start spending hundreds of millions of dollars on backlogged road and transit projects.

[Compiled by Dean Jones Jr.]

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