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Corporate welfare for Lockheed Martin
At this time of severe cutbacks in government funding for food stamps, early childhood education and Meals on Wheels, some Maryland legislators are hard at work looking out for the welfare of one of the world's wealthiest corporations. Under a bill...
Tags: U.S. Military, Lockheed Martin Corp., Interior Policy, Montgomery County (Maryland), Services and Shopping
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Maryland suspends licenses of 3 abortion clinics
State health officials have suspended surgical abortion procedures at three clinics, including one in Baltimore where a patient suffered cardiac arrest and later died at a hospital. The physician who performed the abortion at Associates in OB/GYN Care...
Tags: Cecil County, Elkton, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Health and Safety at School, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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Jobs training bill passes General Assembly
The Baltimore SunThe Maryland General Assembly on Tuesday approved a new program that would distribute $2.5 million in state grants each year to train workers for high-demand industries. The House of Delegates voted 115-23 to approve the measure, which passed the Senate...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Ordinary residents steamrolled again by the Maryland triumvirate
Once again, the Maryland General Assembly, in concert with Gov. Martin O'Malley, demonstrates its total lack of regard and disdain in representing the citizens of Maryland. "One Maryland," as the Governor O'Malley likes to call it, appears to refer only...
Tags: Elections, Government, Punishment, Martin O'Malley, Politics
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Md. needs a database on pesticides
What pesticides are Maryland families exposed to on a regular basis? Good luck finding out. There's simply no way for the average person to discover what chemicals are being applied to farm fields or even backyards. Worse, it's nearly impossible for...
Tags: Diabetes, Birth Defects, Asthma, Diseases and Illnesses, Leukemia
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Mayor optimistic about representatives for redevelopment talks
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comHagerstown Mayor David S. Gysberts sounded optimistic Monday talking about the city’s two “representatives” authorized Friday to begin downtown redevelopment talks with local stakeholders. “They can start moving, but I think the...Tags: Government, Sora, Science and Technology, Politics, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Maryland Democrats soft on illegal immigrants
Maryland has already issued driver's licenses to thousands of illegal immigrants, and Maryland Democrats want to continue this practice. But Maryland passed a law in 2009 to conform to the requirements of the Federal Real ID Act which disqualifies the use...Tags: Career and Workplace, Immigration, Annapolis, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation
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Md. health insurers' 'fail first' policies jeopardize patient health
Absent from the critical debate in Maryland over how to rein in health care spending has been a serious examination of the dangerous and expensive policies that some Maryland health insurers have enacted in the name of cost containment, and their...
Tags: Arthritis, Medical Procedures and Tests, Drugs and Medicines, Hemophilia, General Practitioners
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Legislators again raise issue of school board's makeup
A series of bills in the Maryland General Assembly is part of a perennial attempt by Anne Arundel County lawmakers to change the selection process for the county's Board of Education. Today, eight school board members serve overlapping five-year terms...Tags: Severna Park, Elections, Government, Voting, Bryan W. Simonaire
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Dundalk toddler bitten in face by pit bull
A Dundalk toddler was bitten in the face by a pit bull Sunday, sending the 20-month-old girl to the hospital for several stitches, Baltimore County police said. The girl was bitten by the pit bull about 12:45 p.m. in the 7200 block of Conley Street....
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Dundalk, Baltimore County
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Wind energy bill clears Senate
Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan to encourage development of a wind energy farm off the coast of Ocean City cleared a major hurdle Friday as the Maryland Senate passed the bill 30-17. The proposal, designed to spark an offshore wind industry by subsidizing...
Tags: Ocean City, Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Martin O'Malley, Politics
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No license for illegals
The liberals in the Maryland General Assembly are at it again wanting now to give driver's licenses to undocumented and illegal immigrants. This is the wrong way to go, and illegal immigrants do not deserve or should not be given drivers licenses in...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Immigration, Labor Legislation, Illegal Immigrants, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland)
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