Baltimore Gas & Electric workers have come out overwhelmingly against union representation after a two-day long vote that ended Friday. The vote for union representation — handled by the National Labor Relations Board — was 304-135 against representation by the ...

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WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that for 17 years has forced gays desiring to serve in the military to conceal their sexual identity. The 250-175 vote propels the issue to the ...

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WASHINGTON — A growing chorus of conservative criticism is prompting some House members to rethink the $850 billion package of tax cuts and extended jobless benefits that President Barack Obama negotiated with top Republicans in Congress. The attacks are unlikely ...

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WASHINGTON — Senators get their first chance Monday to vote on the tax-cut deal struck by President Barack Obama and Republicans, but whatever the outcome of the test vote, the White House expects the bill to pass by year’s end. ...

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BALTIMORE — Employees at Baltimore Gas & Electric will vote next month on whether to unionize one of the country’s few nonunion utilities. About 1,500 employees are eligible to vote on whether to join the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. ...

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Alison L. Asti, a former Maryland State Bar Association president, has won in her bid to become an Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judge. With 98.5 pecent of the county’s precincts reporting, Asti held a lead of 33.67 percent to ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Based on early numbers, Maryland election officials say turnout may be running slightly below average for a gubernatorial election in the state. State Elections Administrator Linda Lamone says turnout on Tuesday was running about 46 percent of registered ...

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I was disappointed last Thursday, October 25, when I received my Official 2010 General Election Sample Ballot from the City of Baltimore Board of Elections.  I already know about early voting, but it saddens me that many other prospective voters may ...

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Dear Fellow Maryland Lawyers: Election Day is tomorrow and much is at stake. For decades, Maryland voters have been electing not only circuit court judges, but orphans court judges, sheriffs, clerks of the circuit courts, registers of wills and members ...

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