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The end of steelmaking but not of Sparrows Point
The great steel mill of Sparrows Point is gone, and it's never coming back. Local, state and federal officials, along with union leaders, made a valiant attempt to find a new operator who would restart production there, but it was not to be. The plant's...
Tags: Barack Obama, Port of Baltimore, Fiscal Cliff, Bethlehem Steel, Baltimore County
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In reversal, federal disaster aid is approved for Somerset Co.
Granting an appeal by Gov. Martin O'Malley, the Obama administration reversed course Friday and approved disaster aid for Somerset County residents who suffered damage from the remnants of Hurricane Sandy. However, the federal government did not alter...
Tags: FEMA, Martin O'Malley, Snow Storms, Somerset County (Maryland), Benjamin L. Cardin
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AmeriCorps branch to set up home base in East Baltimore
As many as 240 AmeriCorps members will relocate to East Baltimore's Graceland Park neighborhood in the coming months, as the domestic version of the Peace Corps establishes an urban campus, the first of its kind.
The classrooms at the former Sacred...Tags: Peace Corps, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Charter Schools, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
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House-flipping waiver is extended
![Federal officials have extended a regulatory waiver that makes it easier to "flip" properties — a move meant to encourage the renovation of foreclosed homes but that critics say could herald the return of predatory schemes.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-12/73867027-31155420.jpg "Federal officials have extended a regulatory waiver that makes it easier to "flip\" properties — a move meant to encourage the renovation of foreclosed homes but that critics say could herald the return of predatory schemes.")
Federal officials have extended a regulatory waiver that makes it easier to "flip" properties — a move meant to encourage the renovation of foreclosed homes but that critics say could herald the return of predatory schemes.
The Federal Housing...Tags: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Real Estate, Federal Housing Administration, Mortgages, Financial and Business Services
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Mikulski and her ilk spend, not 'invest'
Politicians routinely use false language to conceal the frauds they're committing and the harm they're doing. Journalists shouldn't echo the politicians' falsifications. Yet The Sun's John Fritze, in writing about U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski's taking...Tags: Parkville, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Don't make kids bear the brunt of the fiscal cliff
As the federal "fiscal cliff" approaches, an important group of Marylanders with a lot on the line has been largely ignored: children. The stakes are immense, because the recession has been hard on Maryland children, with one out of every seven living...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Tax Credits, Taxation, Fiscal Cliff, Politics
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Mikulski poised to become Senate committee chair
Behind-the-scenes jostling for committee chairmanships in the U.S. Senate has left Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski poised to take over the Senate Intelligence Committee — a move experts said Tuesday could bolster the role cybersecurity plays in...Tags: Tom Harkin, Food and Drug Administration, Politics, Intel Corp., Baltimore County
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Brien Poffenberger: Some bright spots are on the horizon for Washington County
Happy New Year from the Chamber of Commerce! As we settle into our routines for 2013, the new year will look pretty much like the old one. Economic recovery continues in Washington County, but it remains incremental and painfully slow. The New Year brings...Tags: Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Labor Markets, Economic Policy, Libraries, U.S. Senate
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Sen. Feinstein will not become Judiciary Committee chair
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s hopes of taking over the panel that will be crucial to her efforts to renew an assault weapons ban and overhaul immigration laws were dashed Wednesday when Sen. Patrick J. Leahy decided to remain chairman...
Tags: Patrick Leahy, Assault, Interior Policy, Daniel Inouye, Politics
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Belva Snyder
janeth@herald-mail.comBelva Snyder had many and varied passions — her four children, politics, community involvement, fashion and driving — to name a few. “Politics were her second life outside of her children,” oldest child Sandra Turtle said. Andrea...Tags: Elections, Diabetes, American Heart Association, Long Term Care, Healthy Diet
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Inspectors to evaluate Eastern Shore homes, businesses for Sandy damage
State and local officials have returned to the Eastern Shore communities ravaged by superstorm Sandy's heavy rains and high winds to comb over the damage in hopes of appealing federal officials' decision to deny aid to Maryland. The Federal Emergency...
Tags: FEMA, Martin O'Malley, Natural Disasters, Somerset County (Maryland), Business
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Md. lawmakers keep pressure on for Sandy aid
Maryland's congressional delegation continued to press the Obama administration Friday to reconsider its decision to deny federal aid to Eastern Shore families hurt by superstorm Sandy as state leaders encouraged victims to report damage.
In a letter...Tags: FEMA, Martin O'Malley, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Democratic Party
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