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ANNAPOLIS — A real estate agent is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit claiming the agent knowingly sold an Annapolis house infested with snakes. The Capital reports that Barbara Van Horn, of Champion Realty Inc., and her attorney ...
Read More »House, Senate debate measures just to make points
On both ends of the Capitol, the parties controlling Congress are happily showcasing futility.
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Read More »House votes to simplify education tax breaks
The House passed a bill Thursday that would simplify a complicated patchwork of tax breaks for higher education but would exclude many graduate students.
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Read More »East Baltimore house repo goes astray
Veronica and Peter Nikoroken thought they had cleared up any confusion with Bank of America after a vacancy notice was mistakenly placed on their East Baltimore home in February. Bank of America did not even have a mortgage on their home, after all.
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Read More »Call for Dwyer to resign from House after new DWI charge
ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland lawmaker awaiting sentencing on a drunken boating conviction was charged Tuesday with drunken driving after a police officer observed him committing multiple traffic violations, authorities said. Del. Don Dwyer, R-Anne Arundel, was charged with driving while ...
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Read More »Sen. Pipkin resigning to pursue master’s degree
Sen. E.J. Pipkin, who led debate against tax increases and new gun control measures this year as the Republican leader in the Maryland Senate, will resign from elected office Aug. 12, he said Monday.
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Read More »House GOP to slash environmental, arts funding
WASHINGTON — House Republicans Monday proposed slashing cuts to environmental programs and funding for the Smithsonian Institution and the arts as they unveiled the latest legislation to implement the second year of budget cuts required under so-called sequestration. The $24 ...
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Read More »House investigators: Disability judges are too lax
WASHINGTON — Social Security is approving disability benefits at strikingly high rates for people whose claims were rejected by field offices or state agencies, according to House investigators. Compounding the situation, the agency often fails to do required follow-up reviews ...
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Read More »House rejects farm bill, 62 Republicans vote no
WASHINGTON — The House has rejected a five year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that would have cut $2 billion annually from food stamps and let states impose broad new work requirements on those who receive them. Those cuts weren’t deep enough ...
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Read More »Raffle of Middletown home postponed; ticket sales slow
MIDDLETOWN — Slow ticket sales have forced a group in Middletown to postpone a raffle drawing for a four-bedroom home valued at $475,000. The Frederick News-Post reported Friday that the Middletown High School Sports Club has sold just over 3,000 ...
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