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Allan Powell: Balance of 'quiet room,' open debate enhances our political education
On a very cold day in January, presidential candidate Mitt Romney was asked in an interview what he thought about all of the chatter about the disparity of income between the upper ranks of the rich and the lower ranks of laborers. It seemed obvious...Tags: Culture, Democratic Party, Sociology, Philosophy, Government
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FirstEnergy says it contributed $600 million to pension plan
FirstEnergy announced Thursday that it contributed $600 million to its pension plan and adopted accounting changes regarding pensions and post-retirement benefits. The company has occasionally made such large contributions to the pension plan because...Tags: Interior Policy, Interior Policy, Money and Monetary Policy, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Mail Call - Jan. 31
“My second-grade child is stressed out, not because of bullying or schoolwork, but from lunchtime. She has had headaches three or four times a week, always after lunch. I had lunch with her, and the noise level was ridiculous. The kids can’t...Tags: Arts, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Photography, Horoscopes
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O'Malley mistreating us all equally
If Gov. Martin O’Malley, as conservatives like to say, is waging a war on rural Maryland, he is also (if taxes are your guide) waging war against the cities and suburbs, the rich and the poor, dogs and cats, and pretty much everything in between....Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Economy, Business and Finance, Services and Shopping, E-Commerce Industry, Government
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Md. Senate panel votes to raise income tax, phase in teacher pension costs
Maryland income taxes would rise and a split in teacher pension costs with local governments would be phased in over four years instead of one, under changes to Gov. Martin O’Malley’s budget plan approved Thursday by the Senate Budget and...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Baltimore County, Income Tax, State Income Tax, Government
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Pa. governor unveils $27.1 billion hold-the-line budget
waynesboro@herald-mail.comPennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday outlined a 2012-13 budget that would make changes to public welfare and deeply cut higher education funding to avoid a tax increase. Corbett’s annual address before the Pennsylvania General Assembly now...Tags: Tom Corbett, Democratic Party, Financial Aid, Government, Budgets and Budgeting
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Md. candidates for U.S. Senate say federal government is too big
davem@herald-mail.comCandidates vying for the seat held by Maryland U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin pounded the federal government Thursday night for its perceived “fiefdoms” and proclaimed the need to put someone in Congress with some “backbone.” The...Tags: Chris Garner, Democratic Party, U.S. Senate, Tea Party Movement, Government
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Proposed shifting of teacher pension costs delays WCPS budget presentation
julieg@herald-mail.comWashington County Public Schools Superintendent Clayton Wilcox said Tuesday he expects to present his proposed budget during the March 6 school board meeting. At that time, a revised budget calendar also will be provided, Wilcox said. That calendar...Tags: Education, Teachers, Employees, Budgets and Budgeting, Schools
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Mail Call - Feb. 8
“I was reading today’s paper and I was seeing where someone was saying, from Hagerstown, that President Obama’s much stronger on defense than Bush. Well, that’s a bunch of you-know-what. Let’s start it off here: He pulled out...Tags: Cancer, Interior Policy, Interior Policy, Garrett County, Iraq
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Closure of Frederick Mail Processing Facility 'utter disaster,' according to director of union organization
heather.keels@herald-mail.comThe Christmas decorations were beginning to come down, the gifts long unwrapped and Thanksgiving dinner a distant memory when mail carrier Mike Shoop put Kohl’s department store’s Black Friday ads in the mailboxes on his route. “Dec. 28...Tags: Credit and Debt, Mail Order Industry, Health and Safety at Work, Holidays, Health
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Letters to the Editor - Feb. 12
Romney has GOP voters hooked like fish To the editor: Now let me get this straight. People are voting for Mitt because he’s the best chance to beat the president in November. Really? He doesn’t reflect GOP’s views and disagrees on...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Gays and Lesbians, Gay Rights, Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement
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