pension and welfare
- The following letter was sent Monday by Harford County Executive David Craig to John Morton III, chairman of a group appointed by the governor to study gaming expansion in Maryland:
- Harford County Executive David R. Craig has asked a state work group studying gambling expansion to consider Harford as a casino site despite the proximity of an existing slots parlor in neighboring Cecil County.
- People can't make informed investment decisions unless corporations disclose the financial risks they face from climate change
- Maryland's state retirement system says it will vote against the election of Wal-Mart Stores' board because it isn't confident in the independence of the directors.
- Harford teacher take protest to council chambers
- Harford County Executive David R. Craig issued a statement Wednesday in response to criticism regarding his decision to withdraw legislation that would have provided a second $625 one-time pay bonus to teachers and other county employees.
- Citing the new financial burden caused by last week's Maryland General Assembly action on teacher pension obligations, Harford County Executive David Craig has decided to withdraw legislation that would have paid a one-time, $650 bonus to all county government and school employees next month.
- The plan to pay a $625 bonus this spring to nearly 7,400 Harford County government, sheriff's office and school system employees died an unceremonious death in the Harford County Council chamber Tuesday evening. Though they lamented the latest turn events that sank the bonus proposal, council members said they were powerless to reverse County Executive David Craig's decision earlier that day to withdraw legislation the council was considering to fund the bonus payments.
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A Baltimore police officer who sued the department alleging he got no help with his PTSD after shooing a suspect has settled with the city. He dropped his lawsuit and the city agreed not to fire him, allowing him to retire with a pension. - For most local governments, helping pay the bill for teacher pensions is hardly a disaster
- Social studies, a subject that had been demoted in Maryland schools in recent years, will regain some its past educational stature under a bill signed by Gov. Martin O'Malley.
- The Howard County Council and Board of Education decided Thursday to push back their votes on their budgets.
- How the special legislative session ended and what local legislators have to say
- It took three carefully scripted days, but Maryland's ruling Democrats finally put in place the budget deal that eluded them in the waning hours of the state's regular session last month.
- An email sent by an Anne Arundel County police instructor has inspired a formal complaint by minority officers and a demand for an apology from the Arundel branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
- After beating back a series of challenges in the House, lawmakers are poised to give final approval Wednesday to a plan to raise the state income tax to fund schools, police and Medicaid.
- Harford County will see $4.8 million impact in state aid from special session
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- Harford Community College students will have to pay $8 more per credit hour next year, nearly 10 percent more, even as the college plans to spend less to operate than it expects to spend this year.
- Harford County legislators do not agree with next week's special session
- State lawmakers are tired of looking back to April 9, when the General Assembly adjourned without passing legislation that would have raised revenues needed to balance the budget.
- Deaths of Junior Seau, John Mackey and others make clear that football is harmful to its players' health
- Opponents of Arizona's immigration law like to conjure Nazis demanding identification papers, but they need to realize the real culprit here is the need of America's welfare state to make its citizens -- and non-citizens -- "legible."
- A $21 million investment at the center of a legal debate in Baltimore County government was downgraded to junk status less than a month after the county purchased it in 2007, according to county documents.
- Patti Caplan, spokeswoman for the school system, said if the state does not take further action and the doomsday budget were to go into effect, "we would have to cut about $8.3 million from our budget."
- Columnist Marta Mossburg's advocacy for outsourcing management of Maryland's pension system fails when all the facts are considered.
- Howard County Executive Ken Ulman is expected to unveil the county budget Friday, despite the lack of definitive one from the state.
- The 2012 legislative session came to a close Monday night. Here is what passed and what it means for residents
- Budget, teacher pension shift, wind farming still undecided in Maryland General Assembly
- I am very proud to serve in the legislature and it has been my pleasure to represent the people of District 35A in the House of Delegates.
- More than a year into his tenure, Kamenetz has an uneven relationship with Baltimore County's public employee unions as his administration works toward new agreements with several labor groups.
- Bills affecting shift of teacher pension costs and school system's maintenance of effort pass House of Delegates despite Harford and other delegation's opposition
- Most Harford County taxpayers are likely to be happy with County Executive David Craig's new budget once it's unveiled Friday afternoon. County and school employees may not be.
- Members of the Baltimore County Police Executive Corps have agreed to higher pension contributions and less sick time in exchange for job security over the next three years.
- The House of Delegates' version of Maryland's budget cuts more and taxes less than the Senate spending plan.
- House passes budget, pension shift, education mandate, tax increase
- Harford County legislators oppose teacher pension shift and offer alternatives to create a balanced budget without it
- A day after the Baltimore County Council voted to table legislation that would have reduced pension benefits for a portion of the county's workforce, the leader of the Baltimore County Federation of Public Employees singled out 5th District Councilman David Marks, who represents Towson, for his vote on the issue.
- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's spending plan makes incremental progress to bringing city finances under control, but eventually Baltimore will need more fundamental changes in the way it delivers services to achieve its goals.
- The combination of the recently passed teacher pension shift and Maintenance of Effort (MOE) spell trouble for the future of education funding in Harford County.
- Public sector should follow private sector lead and replace costly pension plans with defined contribution plans
- Proposed transfer of pensions will only enable Maryland leadership to keep mismanaging the state's finances
- Baltimore County Council members on Monday tabled legislation proposed by County Executive Kevin Kamenetz that could have reduced some workers' pensions, after pressure from unions that said the bill undermined labor rights.
- Union members from around Baltimore are planning a rally Monday to protest legislation by Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz that would reduce some county employees' pension benefits.
- Breaking with Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal for an immediate $239 million teacher pension shift from the state to counties, the Senate recommended a gradual, four-year plan in a budget vote March 15. The debate over the pension shift now moves to the House, where members said a decision is not likely to be made right away.
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