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Maryland businesses with at least five employees could be required to offer a payroll-deduction retirement plan under legislation being considered by the General Assembly.
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Read More »Local governments face uphill battle on highway funds
The chairman of a task force charged with finding ways to fund local highway projects urged lawmakers Tuesday to vote against restoring severe funding cuts made to local governments, saying doing so would make life even more difficult for the state.
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Read More »Fed still plans to keep cutting stimulus purchases
Federal Reserve officials agreed at their January meeting that further gradual reductions in their stimulus would be appropriate as long as the economy keeps improving.
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Read More »Henson fights charge that campaign violates probation
Former political consultant Julius Henson said he is “shocked” by a charge that his run for state Senate violates the terms of his probation.
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Read More »Gansler files to overturn bail ruling
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler urged Maryland’s top court Tuesday to overturn its landmark decision that arrestees have a state constitutional right to counsel at initial bail hearings.
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Read More »Cybersecurity center gets a boost from politicians
Gov. Martin O’Malley and U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., signed an agreement Tuesday with local officials to expand a public-private cybersecurity technology partnership that will be located in Rockville.
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Read More »Bill aimed at predators ignites parents’ blog protest
A blog post on the site of a Montgomery County parents’ group this weekend assailed — in often personal terms — three local state senators for their sponsorship of legislation that would make it a misdemeanor for part-time and volunteer school and recreational coaches to have sex with a 16-year-old under their charge, but only if the perpetrator is at least seven years older than the victim.
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Read More »Robocalls consultant Henson to challenge McFadden
Julius Henson, who was convicted in a case involving robocalls on Election Day in 2010, says he is running for the General Assembly.
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Read More »Intellectually disabled struggling to find work
Most Americans with intellectual or developmental disabilities remain shut out of the workforce, despite changing attitudes and billions spent on government programs to help them. Even when they find work, it's often part time, in a dead-end job or for pay well below the minimum wage.
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Read More »Boehner: We’ll make debt-ceiling deadline
House Speaker John Boehner promised Thursday that the GOP-controlled House won't miss a late-February deadline to increase the government's borrowing cap.
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