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Education questions linger in W.Va.
Bureaucracy emerged as a major culprit in a wide-ranging audit of West Virginia’s education system, but the legislation passed last week at the request of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin focuses mostly on other targets. Approved Friday by the House, Tomblin&...Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Republican Party, Earl Ray Tomblin, Teaching and Learning
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O'Malley's Maryland gas tax proposal unpopular with Washington County legislators
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comA proposal backed by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley that would raise the state gas tax in July by 3.8 cents per gallon remains unpopular with many Washington County legislators. Under the proposal, the gas tax would increase to 27.3 cents per...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Baltimore Red Line, Purple Line (Maryland), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Travel
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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: Politics, Teach for America, Earl Ray Tomblin, Teachers, Executive Branch
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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: Politics, Punishment, Chuck Hagel, Physical Fitness and Exercise, FBI
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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: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Montgomery County (Maryland), U.S. Congress, Democratic Party, Baltimore Red Line
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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: Real Estate Buyers, U.S. Congress, Property, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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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, Montgomery County (Maryland), Polls, Local Elections
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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: Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Democratic Party, National Institutes of Health, Tea Party Movement
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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: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Executive Branch, Democratic Party, Personal Weapon Control, Justice System
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Letters to the Editor - May 1
Elected officials should trust the judgment of voters To the editor: The 2013 legislative session at the West Virginia State House was not yet completed when another delegate quietly approached me at my desk in the chamber of the West Virginia House...Tags: Politics, Virginia General Assembly, Government
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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, Personal Income, Taxation, Maryland General Assembly
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