UPPER MARLBORO — The public school system in Maryland’s Prince George’s County has agreed to pay $4 million to reimburse more than 1,000 foreign teachers it hired and required to pay fees the school system should have handled. The teachers, ...

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Maryland counties unexpectedly awash with extra cash in May will see their finances come back down to earth this month as the state fixes a flubbed formula used to disburse income tax revenue to local jurisdictions. The mistake in the ...

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Lower unemployment, bankruptcies and foreclosures in March reduced the nation’s economic stress to its lowest point this year, according to The Associated Press’ monthly analysis of conditions around the country. More than 85 percent of the nation’s 3,141 counties and ...

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CAMBRIDGE — Gov. Martin O’Malley gave county officials from across Maryland some good news at their annual meeting, saying he would not seek to shift the huge costs of teacher pensions to them “this year.” O’Malley said the state needed ...

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CAMBRIDGE — Gov. Martin O’Malley says he will not pass pension costs to the state’s counties in the budget proposal he will present later this month. O’Malley, speaking to the winter conference of Maryland Association of Counties in Cambridge Thursday ...

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