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GOP boycotts health care advisory board
Associated PressHouse and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. House Speaker John...Tags: Elections, Politics, John Boehner, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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Washington County Public Schools salary talks go public
julieg@herald-mail.comTwo officials representing Washington County Public Schools teachers took negotiations for raises public Tuesday, asking the Board of Education to reconsider the school system’s pay increase offer. The school system has offered a step increase,...Tags: Employees, Education, Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at School, Budgets and Budgeting
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Washington County Commissioners praised for holding line on taxes
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comMost of the people who spoke Tuesday night about Washington County’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2013-14 offered praise to the Board of Commissioners for being able to continue to hold the line on taxes and remain in a strong fiscal position...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting
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Longtime Hagerstown firm loses 'heartbreaking' struggle to survive
arnoldp@herald-mail.comBelieving in his employees to the very end, Lynn Bowers used to encourage them, saying their small Hagerstown company could compete like “a Davy in an industry of Goliaths.” But last year, after struggling through the worst economy many of...Tags: Environmental Issues, Labor Markets, Consumers, Business, Family
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Washington County employee health benefits to cost slightly more
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comWith health care costs on the rise, Washington County employees will be paying about 10 percent more on average for their share, starting July 1, county officials said Tuesday. The county Board of Commissioners unanimously approved proposed health...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Financial Planning, Employees, Career and Workplace, Diabetes
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Greencastle-Antrim school board votes to cut 60 support staff to save $600,000
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comIn an effort to whittle down a $1.2 million budget deficit from the district’s $34 million 2013-14 budget, the Greencastle-Antrim School Board voted Thursday night to cut 60 support staff positions. Gone from the school district’s payroll...Tags: Food Industry, Budgets and Budgeting
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Study: Health-care overhaul will raise claims costs by average of 32%
Associated PressMedical claims costs — the biggest driver of health insurance premiums — will jump an average 32 percent for Americans' individual policies under President Barack Obama's overhaul, according to a study by the nation's leading group of...Tags: Employment, Career and Workplace, Medicaid, Employment Opportunities, Health Insurance
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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: Elections, Parties and Movements, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Public Finance, Politics
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Washington Co. school board approves $254 million operating budget
julieg@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a $254 million operating budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1. Chief Financial Officer Chris South said the school board will present its budget to the...Tags: Education, Health and Safety at School, Budgets and Budgeting, Teaching and Learning
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Letters to the Editor - March 11
Cardin should focus more onbudget, less on columns To the editor: “Quick action can fend off sequestration” is the headline on Sen. Ben Cardin’s column of Feb. 27. He uses the first six paragraphs of this column to promote the...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics, Referenda
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Mail Call - March 7
“I was wondering if anybody knows who to contact if you do not have very hot water in your apartment, that you can’t even take a shower, and that the kitchen sink’s water, you just put your hand under it, it doesn’t feel hot at all...Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Annapolis, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Mail Call - March 4
“Regarding trash at Garland Groh: How about people not throwing trash out and on other people’s property in the first place? And does any kind of commissioner or director of agency responsible for codes ever drive up and down our county...Tags: Elections, Petroleum Industry, Politics, John Boehner, Sears
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