With all sorts of online news sources coming to Baltimoreans locally, Baltimore Fishbowl is the newest fish in the sea. Baltimore Fishbowl is a website that combines a commentary and editorial approach into a publication targeted at Fells Point, Federal Hill, North ...

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ROCKVILLE — The president of the Montgomery County Council says all nine members have signed off on cuts to employee benefits and to public schools. Under the plan, the council would cut $25 million from the $1.4 billion it contributed ...

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HONOLULU — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a dispute over whether to identify students challenging a private school system’s admissions policy that gives preference to those of Hawaiian ancestry. The court on Monday left in place lower ...

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A federal judge in Baltimore heard arguments Wednesday on a motion to end a lawsuit accusing Maryland of second-class treatment of its historically black colleges and universities. Judge Catherine C. Blake said she would rule as soon as possible. At ...

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is honoring Michelle Shearer of Maryland as the 2011 National Teacher of the Year. Shearer teaches chemistry at Urbana High School in Frederick, Md. In a Rose Garden ceremony, Obama says Shearer represents all teachers ...

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PHILADELPHIA — Breast cancer fundraising bracelets that proclaim “I (heart) boobies!” are not lewd or vulgar and can’t be banned by public school officials who find them offensive, a federal judge in Pennsylvania said Tuesday in a preliminary ruling. The ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Nancy Grasmick, the nation’s longest-serving appointed state schools chief, said Wednesday she is retiring June 30 after two decades on the job. Grasmick, 72, said she wants to spend more time with her ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Business regulation and economic development funding escaped largely unscathed as the House of Delegates made preliminary changes to Gov. Martin O’Malley’s $34.2 billion budget proposal on Wednesday. “We’re in an economy where job creation and economic development are ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers will consider restoring more than half of the $94 million in spending reductions for schools. Delegate Guy Guzzone, D-Howard, said Tuesday that a House subcommittee will weigh restoring about $58 million by calculating in a per ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Three bond rating agencies have affirmed Maryland’s Triple A bond rating. Treasurer Nancy Kopp made the announcement Wednesday. She says the state will sell up to $485 million in general obligation bonds on March 9. The state uses ...

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