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W.Va. house sends education measure to governor
West Virginia would change how county school districts hire teachers, free up more days on their calendars to bolster student instruction and require full-week schooling for 4-year-olds statewide, under legislation sent to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Friday....Tags: Earl Ray Tomblin, Government, Politics, Students, Regional Authority
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Marine kills two colleagues at Va. base, then takes own life
Associated PressA Marine who worked at an officer candidates school fatally shot two of his colleagues before killing himself in a barracks dorm room, officials said. The Marine’s colleagues were a man and a woman. Military officials did not release a motive or...Tags: Punishment, Politics, FBI, Armed Conflicts, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Md. House votes to increase taxes on gasoline
Associated PressThe Maryland House of Delegates voted Friday to raise taxes on gasoline sales for the first time in more than two decades. The Housed voted 76-63 to levy a sales tax on gasoline that would amount to about 4 cents a gallon starting this July, another 8...Tags: Politics, FBI, Democratic Party, Maryland General Assembly, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Conservative group seeks new vote on Maryland Congressional redistricting
An appeal filed by a conservative group in the state’s Court of Special Appeals on behalf of MDpetitions.com, a website led by Del. Neil C. Parrott, R-Washington, is seeking a new vote on November’s referendum on Congressional redistricting....Tags: Voting, Politics
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Letters to the Editor - March 22
Garden Club says thanks for Art in Bloom’s success To the editor: On behalf of the Hagerstown Garden Club, the sponsors of Art in Bloom, I would like to thank the entire community for its enthusiastic support of this event, specifically for the...Tags: Politics, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Arts, Career and Workplace
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Washington County delegation electioneering bill withdrawn
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comA Washington County delegation bill proposed by Del. Neil C. Parrott that would alter electioneering boundaries to 50 feet from the entrance and exit of a polling station from the current 100 feet has been withdrawn after opposition from the Washington...Tags: Voting, Politics, Local Elections, Polls, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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GOP budget plan promising deep cuts is approved by House
Associated PressThe Republican-controlled House passed a tea party-flavored budget plan Thursday that promises sharp cuts in safety-net programs for the poor and a clampdown on domestic agencies, in sharp contrast to less austere plans favored by President Barack Obama...Tags: Politics, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Government Health Care, FBI
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Colo. governor signs bills regulating sale of firearms, ammo
Associated PressThe governor of Colorado signed bills Wednesday that put sweeping new restrictions on sales of firearms and ammunition in a state with a pioneer tradition of gun ownership and self-reliance. The bills thrust Colorado into the national spotlight as a...Tags: John Hickenlooper, Government, Politics, Democratic Party, Firearms
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Washington Co. lawmaker seeks flat income tax of 4.51% for all in Md.
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comA bill introduced by Del. Andrew A. Serafini, R-Washington, in the Maryland General Assembly seeks to change the state’s tax policy significantly, by proposing a state flat income tax of 4.51 percent on federal gross adjusted income for all...Tags: Politics, Maryland General Assembly, Personal Income, Taxation
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La. high school principal named new associate superintendent in Washington County
julieg@herald-mail.comWashington County Public Schools’ new associate superintendent and chief academic officer will start her job on June 3, letting her finish the school year as principal of a Louisiana high school. The school board approved the hiring of Angela...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Politics, Teaching and Learning, Louisiana State University
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Economic development, agency by agency in Tri-State area
There are different models of economic development organizations in the Tri-State area and beyond, some operating as organs of county government, others as independent authorities or public-private partnerships and, in the case of Washington County, a...Tags: Government, Politics, Company Privatization, Biotechnology, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Mail call - March 18
“To the Hagerstown caller, about President Obama and oil prices and gas prices: Obama doesn’t have a magic wand to wave. If you want to complain, complain about the Republican House. They’re the ones who like to give all the oil...Tags: U.S. Air Force, Punishment, Politics, Barack Obama, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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