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Pa. pension debate heats up
Pension experts, an asset manager and a national clearinghouse for state governments fielded questions Wednesday from a legislative panel scrutinizing Gov. Tom Corbett’s pension-overhaul plan, providing an abundance of information but no clear...Tags: Parties and Movements, Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Mike Brubaker, John P. Blake
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Mail Call - May 24
“Starting 2006 to 2012, Morgan County took 10 steps forward. In the last four months, Morgan County has taken 30 steps backward.” — Berkeley Springs, W.Va. “This is another quote I decided to call in. Yes, indeed, children do...Tags: Solyndra LLC, Barack Obama, Banking, Theft, Medicare
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Washington Co. Commissioners agree to amend employee pensions, hire deputies
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comPrior to passing its proposed 2013-14 fiscal year budgets Tuesday, the Washington County Board of Commissioners approved two measures to amend its employee pension program and institute a funding mechanism to allow the Washington County Sheriff’s...Tags: Job Layoffs, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Interior Policy
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David Engle: Let's talk about the prevention of child abuse
Child abuse and neglect is one of those issues no one really likes to talk about because we want to believe it never happens in our community. But the truth is child abuse can, and does, happen anywhere. Including here. So let’s talk about it....Tags: Abusive Behavior, Child Abuse, Politics, Interior Policy
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Judge to reconsider mental evaluation for Chambersburg woman charged in boy's death
waynesboro@herald-mail.comA Chambersburg woman accused of sending text messages about her then-4-year-old stepson’s deteriorating medical condition, but not taking him to a doctor, testified in court Thursday. Michele Renae Hunter, 28, is charged with aggravated assault,...Tags: Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Justice System, Interior Policy
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Lloyd Waters: The taxman cometh for the middle class
The middle-class taxpayer, I suspect, is a little like Ichabod Crane, an honest traveler who decided one night to ride his horse through Sleepy Hollow. He disappeared into the night. Maybe Ichabod was a middle-class taxpayer. On April 15 at midnight, a...Tags: Politics, General Electric Company, Moby, Interior Policy, Internal Revenue Service
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Village post office opens on Sharpsburg Pike
dona@herald-mail.comAt a time when the U.S. Postal Service is recommending cutting Saturday service, it is actually adding outlets for customers in the form of village post offices such as the one at May’s Service Center at 8708 Sharpsburg Pike, where a grand opening...Tags: Mail Order Industry, Politics, Interior Policy, U.S. Postal Service, Government Postal Delivery
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Larry Wellborn: Scaling back on postal services
The Postal Service has been in the news a lot lately, and for good reason. The Postal Service has lost billions of dollars while losing market share to electronic forms of communication. But this is not entirely the fault of the Post Office or the...Tags: Economic Indicator, Prices, Consumer Confidence, Marketing, Consumers
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Letters to the Editor - March 3
It’s time for a gun-control amendment To the editor: I practiced law for more than 30 years and I understand the difficulty and the risk in convening a constitutional convention. But this is not an unprecedented solution. To grant blacks freedom,...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Business, Good Friday, Elections, Labor Legislation
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Three Pa. state lawmakers speak at Tuscarora Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast
waynesboro@herald-mail.comThree Pennsylvania lawmakers stopped by a Tuscarora Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast Thursday to talk about Harrisburg’s ambitious political agenda that could have far-reaching and long-term effects. Members of the Pennsylvania General...Tags: Lotteries, Government, Todd Rock, Lifestyle and Leisure, John H. Eichelberger
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Letters to the Editor - Feb. 22
Editorial unfairly characterized Paul Miller To the editor: I was dismayed to read The Herald-Mail’s negative portrayal of Paul Miller, the former director of the Humane Society of Washington County, in a Feb. 14 editorial. I’ve known him...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, U.S. House of Representatives, Politics, Interior Policy, Unemployment Benefits
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Franklin County lawmakers support most of Corbett's budget plan
waynesboro@herald-mail.comPennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday laid out a budget plan that calls for increased spending for public schoolchildren, senior citizens and individuals with developmental disabilities after years of cutting or flat-funding many programs. Corbett...Tags: Lotteries, Business, Petroleum Industry, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Tom Corbett
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