A few government and politics headlines for Tuesday.
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Read More »August 27, 2013 Comments Off on Eye Opener: Cardin says he’ll try to undo sequester
A few government and politics headlines for Tuesday.
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Read More »June 4, 2013 Comments Off on NIH to cut research grants, services due to sequestration
The National Institutes of Health will award about 700 fewer competitive research grants this year than last year and slash other services to deal with budget cuts mandated by sequestration, according to a report released Monday night by the federal medical research agency.
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Read More »May 30, 2013 Comments Off on Editorial: Troubled waters ahead for Maryland’s hospitals
Can it be that the once seemingly impervious bubble of the health care industry and its associated sectors is close to popping? Or, worse, has it already?
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Read More »May 1, 2013 Comments Off on Hospitals can’t pass along cost of Medicare cuts
Maryland’s hospitals will bear the full brunt of the 2 percent Medicare cuts mandated by sequestration, state regulators decided Wednesday, despite passionate warnings from providers that the move would trigger layoffs and service reductions at hospitals across the state.
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Read More »April 22, 2013 Comments Off on Supreme Court won’t stop judges from getting raises
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t stop some federal judges from getting cost-of-living increases promised to them by Congress but never paid, a move that could end up increasing the salaries of all federal judges. The high court on Monday ...
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Read More »March 31, 2013 Comments Off on Calvin Ball: Sequestration crippling for education
Education is the most democratizing force that can empower every generation across our great nation. In a time when we are slipping behind the rest of the world in college completion and we see the ripple effects that educational attainment can have on jobs and our economy, health and happiness, draconian cuts would be devastating. Maryland has the distinction of having a top-rated educational system, and Howard County is often at the top of that system.
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Read More »March 11, 2013 Comments Off on Eye Opener: Medical marijuana in Maryland?
A few government and politics headlines for Monday.
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Read More »February 28, 2013 Comments Off on Credit union tackles sequestration
Andrews Federal Credit Union, of Suitland, a financial institution with over $900 million in assets that serves primarily military and civilian personnel in Washington, D.C., parts of Maryland and New Jersey, and overseas military installations, said it will provide financial assistance to members who are furloughed as a result of the federal budget sequestration.
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Read More »February 25, 2013 Comments Off on Eye Opener: Beretta on its way way out?
A few government and politics headlines for Monday.
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Read More »February 22, 2013 Comments Off on Fort Meade commander prepares for deep cuts
FORT MEADE — For Col. Edward R. Rothstein, sequestration has gone from drill to reality. On March 1, nearly 27,820 civilian Department of Defense workers at Fort George G. Meade, where Rothstein is garrison commander, will shift to a four-day ...
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