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Some Md. lawmakers ready to consider business tax cut
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comWhen Del. Andrew A. Serafini, R-Washington, introduced a bill during the 2013 session of the Maryland General Assembly seeking to reduce the state’s corporate income tax from 8.25 percent to 4 percent, he suggested that his bill might be a way to...Tags: Business, State Budgets, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Taxation, University of Maryland, College Park
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Maryland General Assembly ends with legislators working to ensure passage of bills
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comThe 2013 session of the Maryland General Assembly ends Monday, and local legislators were working last week to ensure final passage of some measures they had introduced. Bills introduced by local lawmakers that were on their way to becoming law...Tags: George C. Edwards, Abusive Behavior, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Elections, Health
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Website gauging support for petitioning measures passed in Md. General Assembly
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comDel. Neil C. Parrott said Friday that a website he chairs is trying to gauge support for petitioning some measures passed during the current session of the Maryland General Assembly to the ballot. Parrott, R-Washington, who is chairman of MDpetitions....Tags: Labor Legislation, Interior Policy, Annapolis, Illegal Immigrants, Gun Control
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Proposed Md. bill would make it a crime to interfere with reporting of child abuse
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comA bill introduced by two local legislators that could become law would make it a crime to interfere with the reporting of suspected child abuse or neglect. Current Maryland law requires teachers, counselors, social workers, caseworkers, and parole or...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Abusive Behavior, Conservation, Child Abuse, Career and Workplace
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More than 200 turn out for GLBTQ festival
matthewu@herald-mail.comOne of several openly gay members of the Maryland House of Delegates in Hagerstown on Saturday said she will announce later this summer whether she will run for governor in 2014. “I’ve been taking a serious look at getting in the governor&...Tags: Executive Branch, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Elections, Arts and Culture, Politics
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Md. House passes gun-control bill
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comThe Maryland House of Delegates approved a major gun control measure Wednesday banning assault weapons, requiring people who buy handguns to provide their fingerprints and limiting gun magazines to 10 bullets. The House voted 78-61 for the bill, one...Tags: Firearms, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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Parrott speaks to Tea Party about Annapolis session, death penalty petition drive
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comHagerstown Tea Party supporters gathered at the Beaver Creek Country Club on Thursday night to hear Del. Neil C. Parrott, R-Washington, talk about the recently concluded session of the Maryland General Assembly and a drive to collect petitions to...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Interior Policy, Annapolis, Punishment, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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National Rifle Association chief not happy with Md. gun legislation
waynesboro@herald-mail.comNational Rifle Association President David Keene is unhappy about the gun-control measures passed Wednesday in by the House of Delegates in Maryland. “I’m a Maryland resident, so I’m not very enthused by the way Gov. (Martin) O’...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control, Executive Branch, Interior Policy
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Myers won't seek another term in Md. House of Delegates
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comDel. LeRoy E. Myers, R-Washington/Allegany, announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2014, ending a run as a state legislator that began with an upset victory in 2002 over longtime House Speaker Casper R....Tags: Annapolis, Casper R. Taylor Jr., U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Elections, Politics
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Letters to the Editor - May 15
Please vote to keep Montgomery Township dry To the editor: Attention all Montgomery Township voters. Please vote “no” to keep Montgomery Township dry. If the Montgomery Township referendum passes, it will open the door for Whitetail Resort...Tags: Annapolis, Abusive Behavior, U.S. Congress, Elections, Personal Weapon Control
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Maryland governor's capital budget allocates $100,000 for lock, lockhouse renovations
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comGov. Martin O’Malley’s capital budget bill that cleared the Senate on Wednesday sets aside $100,000 for renovations and repairs to Lock 44, Lockhouse 44 and the Western Maryland Railroad Lift Bridge in Williamsport as part of improvements to...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Corporate Officers, Executive Branch, Public Finance
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Congregation B'nai Abraham marks 120th anniversary
davem@herald-mail.comCongregation B’nai Abraham was founded more than a century ago, and over the years since there has been a rich history of Jewish life in Washington County that has been marked by Jews winning political freedom, the congregation moving through a...Tags: Holocaust Remembrance Day, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Culture, Ceremonies, Religion and Belief
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