Court casts doubt on states’ global warming suit

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 19, 2011
Tags: administration, court, Environment, environmental protection agency, EPA, global warming, justices, president obama, Supreme Court, united states

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared deeply skeptical Tuesday about allowing states to sue electric utilities to force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Both conservative and liberal justices questioned whether a federal judge could deal with the complex issue of global warming, a topic they suggested is better left to Congress and [...]

Obama re-election launches with e-mail, website

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 4, 2011
Tags: administration, Barack Obama, budget, Congress, economic recovery, Economy, grass-roots, obama, obama administration, president barack obama, re-election, white house
Comments: 1

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama formally launched his re-election campaign Monday, urging grass-roots supporters central to his first White House run to mobilize again to protect the change he’s brought over the past two years. The official start of his second White House bid, in the midst of three wars, a budget fight with Congress, [...]

AFSCME tentatively agrees to 3-year deal

BY: marylandreporter.com
POSTED: January 20, 2011
Tags: administration, afscme, agreement, American Federation of State, Annapolis, Chief of Staff Matt Gallagher, COLA, contract, County and Municipal Employees, furloughed, Government, governor, martin O'Malley, maryland
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The O’Malley administration and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees have tentatively agreed on a three-year contract that would turn furloughs into paid days off, give employees a $750 bonus, and schedule raises and cost-of-living adjustments. The roughly 24,000 members of AFSCME, which represents the vast majority of state employees, are voting [...]

Obama wants to shed rules that hurt job growth

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 18, 2011
Tags: administration, Barack Obama, Business, Economy, employment, executive order, federal regulations, job growth, president, washington

WASHINGTON — Taking another step toward mending his relationship with the business community, President Barack Obama will order a review of federal regulations with an eye toward getting rid of those that stifle job creation and hurt economic growth. The president planned to sign an executive order Tuesday telling federal agencies to look for rules [...]

Obama appoints Sperling as new White House economic adviser

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 7, 2011
Tags: administration, appoints, Barack Obama, Congress, director, Economy, gene sperling, national economic council, president obama, Recession, senate, Unemployment, wall street, washington, white house
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama named veteran adviser Gene Sperling as director of the National Economic Council Friday, placing a Washington insider with a bipartisan nature in the White House as the administration contends with a divided Congress. Sperling’s appointment coincided with the release of the December jobs report, which showed the unemployment rate dropping [...]

O’Malley hosts forums to prepare for second term

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 20, 2010
Tags: administration, Economy, gaithersburg, governor, martin O'Malley, maryland forums, maryland forward, national institute of standards and technology, O'Malley, stakeholders, term
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GAITHERSBURG — With weeks left in his first term, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is hosting a series of forums as he shapes his administration’s priorities in his second four years in office. The first of the five “Maryland Forward” forums is being held Monday at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg. The [...]

Obama: GM stock sale a success for his policy

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 18, 2010
Tags: administration, automakers, bailout, chevy, ford, general motors, gm, ipo, new york, NYSE, president obama, stock exchange, wall street

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the early success of General Motors’ initial public stock offering validates his administration’s $50 billion taxpayer-backed rescue of the venerable automaker. The company’s stock began trading on Wall Street Thursday. The sale is a milestone for both the corporation and for the Obama administration. Because of the public offering, [...]

Mayor Rawlings-Blake to face challengers

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 15, 2010
Tags: administration, Baltimore, campaign, candidates, challengers, corruption, democrat, frank conaway, martin O'Malley, mayor, otis rolley, plea agreement, primary, Sheila Dixon, stephanie rawlings-blake
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will be facing some challengers as she tries to win a full, four-year term. Rawlings-Blake took over this year for Mayor Sheila Dixon, who stepped down as part of a plea agreement on corruption charges. Now, candidates are lining up to challenge her in next September’s Democratic primary. [...]

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