http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Fri, 24 May 2013 21:04:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/27/penn-national-tops-general-assembly-lobbying-list/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/27/penn-national-tops-general-assembly-lobbying-list/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:53:44 +0000 Alexander Pyles http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=218113 &via=&related=DolcePixel"> ANNAPOLIS — Gambling has been the issue du jour in Maryland since it apparently tied up budget negotiations in the final weeks of the General Assembly. It should come as no surprise, then, that a gambling company spent the most lobbying dollars in Annapolis during the legislature’s regular session. Penn National Gaming Inc., operator of [...]

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]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/27/penn-national-tops-general-assembly-lobbying-list/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/18/state-employees-unveil-doomsday-clock-for-cuts/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/18/state-employees-unveil-doomsday-clock-for-cuts/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:00:54 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/18/state-employees-unveil-doomsday-clock-for-cuts/ ANNAPOLIS — Maryland state employees will be unveiling a “Doomsday Clock” to count down when a half a billion in budget cuts will take effect, unless a special session is called to change the budget. The Maryland State Education Association is planning to show the clock on Wednesday at its Annapolis office. MSEA says an [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/18/state-employees-unveil-doomsday-clock-for-cuts/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/29/new-effort-to-fix-%e2%80%98maintenance-of-effort%e2%80%99-law/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/29/new-effort-to-fix-%e2%80%98maintenance-of-effort%e2%80%99-law/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:29:10 +0000 Capital News Service http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/29/new-effort-to-fix-%e2%80%98maintenance-of-effort%e2%80%99-law/ ANNAPOLIS — In an effort to help counties match state school spending, legislators have introduced a bill to help fix what many consider to be a broken maintenance of effort law. A hearing for HB 1412 is set for Thursday. The maintenance of effort law requires that individual counties match the amount of money the [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/29/new-effort-to-fix-%e2%80%98maintenance-of-effort%e2%80%99-law/feed/ 1 http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/08/teachers-union-rejects-pension-commission-proposals/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/08/teachers-union-rejects-pension-commission-proposals/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:20:48 +0000 marylandreporter.com http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/08/teachers-union-rejects-pension-commission-proposals/ The state teachers union is rejecting most of the final recommendations of the special pension commission, particularly its proposal to shift half the funding of pensions onto county school boards or governments. In a strong letter to the governor and legislative leaders, the union also wants county governments to be forced to fully fund school [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/08/teachers-union-rejects-pension-commission-proposals/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/12/12/maryland-teachers-union-head-rips-state-pension-process/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/12/12/maryland-teachers-union-head-rips-state-pension-process/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:00:47 +0000 marylandreporter.com http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/12/12/maryland-teachers-union-head-rips-state-pension-process/ The executive director of the state teachers’ union has said the process being used by the commission considering changes to state pensions was “offensive,” rushed and lacked both details and consultation with affected employees. “The whole discussion has been how are we going to cut costs,” David Helfman, executive director of the Maryland State Education [...]

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