CHICAGO — The Federal Aviation Administration says it will close 149 air traffic control towers at small airports around the country because of federal budget cuts. The agency announced the decision Friday, a month after it released a preliminary list ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Pentagon has sent Gov. Martin O’Malley a letter on the impact of automatic federal budget cuts. The letter, sent Friday and obtained by The Associated Press, says the Army would lose $95 million in base operations funding ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The governors of Maryland and Virginia say they agree that huge, automatic federal budget cuts set to begin this week need to be avoided. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a Democrat, and his Virginia counterpart, Republican Bob McDonnell appeared ...

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Faith leaders want the Maryland legislature to restore budget cuts that came with the so-called doomsday budget passed by the General Assembly earlier this month. Religious leaders are scheduled to release a letter Monday morning asking the lawmakers to do ...

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After leaving Annapolis Tuesday morning, Gov. Martin O’Malley told reporters in Baltimore that two special sessions could be called — one in May and one in August. The governor met with Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and House ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley is scheduled to have breakfast with the General Assembly’s presiding officers to talk about holding a special session. O’Malley is set to meet at the governor’s residence with House Speaker Michael Busch and Senate President ...

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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 ...

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WASHINGTON —  Gov. Martin O’Malley isn’t setting a timeframe for holding a special session to try to undo $512 million in budget cuts. O’Malley said Thursday that the timing will depend on when a consensus is reached on how to ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Chesapeake Bay Foundation says proposed budget cuts in Annapolis are threatening bay restoration efforts. The foundation says the governor has already proposed diverting $23 million from the $48 million Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund. A ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The chief fiscal analyst for the Maryland General Assembly is warning lawmakers they need to prepare for the “big train that is coming” from federal budget cuts. Warren Deschenaux, director of the state’s Office of Policy Analysis, said ...

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