Federal Bailout Funds

The Washington County Board of County Commissioners is pledging to increase accountability standards so it’s clear not only why public money is being given to volunteer fire and rescue companies, but how they’re spending it. A majority of the...

A volunteer fire company that refused last year to explain to The Herald-Mailmore than $100,000 in expenses might face questions this year from the Washington County government. A majority of the county commissioners said in late March that they will...

Last week, the Washington County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association did what most every other agency seeking tax revenue does: Its leaders stepped before the County Commissioners and outlined their budget request. This might seem unremarkable,...

The Washington County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association is about to take steps to increase accountability for the public money it, and its members, receive. This week, for the first time in at least four years, the association is to present its...

Stadium zeppelin about to balloon out of control To the editor: One day, it’s renovating a stadium to preserve a local tradition, and the next its mounting a campaign to replace The Herald-Mail for a new ballpark. Let’s go to the breakdown....

The debate about the morality of walking away from an underwater home mortgage and what to do about strategic defaults hit a nerve, to say the least. Today, we hear from you: Dear Beth, if you are familiar with the film Network in 1976 there is the...

Eurozone reaches deal on $170 billion Greek bailout, cuts debt to 120.5 percent of GDP by 2020 BRUSSELS (AP) — Greece won a second massive financial bailout in the early hours of Tuesday morning when its partners in the 17-country eurozone...

Gov. Martin O’Malley has promised an ambitious agenda this legislative session, but in a part of the state where ambitious agendas are not necessarily heralded as good things, our local lawmakers will face a delicate balancing act. Lawmakers must...

“I was shopping at one of our weekend markets last Thursday and I stopped for a bite to eat, and a young 83-year-old lady started to talk to me. My mother had passed 10 years ago in December, and I was having a really bad day, missing her. I am...

Washington County’s state legislative delegation got closer Wednesday to agreeing on a final bill proposing new oversight over the financial workings of the Washington County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. At a delegation meeting in...

Those familiar with the frustrations of repeating lessons that they assumed had been learned understand the need for patience. So we will try to employ this virtue ourselves when we remind the Washington County delegation and County Commissioners for the...

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced Thursday that Indiana would be one of 49 states joining in the federal government’s settlement with the five major mortgage lending banks and servicing institutions.  The settlement with Ally, Bank...