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Labor nominee Perez faces sharp questions from GOP senators
Thomas E. Perez, the former Maryland labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney in...
Tags: Litigation, Civil Rights, Lawyers, Tom Harkin, Health and Safety at Work
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Kerry's Hair and Day Spa opens at new North Potomac Street location
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comFrancisco Silva’s smile was beaming Thursday afternoon as he talked about his new business location on North Potomac Street in downtown Hagerstown. “I wanted to come downtown; more busy, more traffic,” said Silva, owner of Kerry’...Tags: Business, Personal Service, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Small Businesses
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Housing legislation passes the General Assembly
The Baltimore SunIn addition to an extension of the Homestead Tax Credit application deadline, several other pieces of legislation relevant to homeowners passed both chambers of the General Assembly during the most recent session, which ended earlier this month. Gov....Tags: Laws, Prince George's County, Judges, Services and Shopping, Financial and Business Services
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O'Malley's success echoes Mandel's 1972 triumph
Forty-one years ago, Maryland Gov. Marvin Mandel pulled off a series of staggering triumphs that The Sun compared to winning the Triple Crown: Maryland's first gun-control law; a unique, state-run auto insurance agency; and a higher gasoline tax to...
Tags: NAACP, Personal Weapon Control, Regional Authority, Prince George's County, Interior Policy
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The flimsy case against Thomas Perez
Just as they did when Thomas E. Perez was nominated to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, Republicans are seeking to hold up his confirmation to head the U.S. Department of Labor, using any excuse they can think up, no matter how flimsy....Tags: Civil Rights, Walter Mondale, Justice System, Thomas Edward Perez, Immigration
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State Senate gives preliminary OK to death penalty repeal
The Baltimore SunThe Maryland Senate appears poised to pass Gov. Martin O’Malley’s bill to abolish the death penalty as early as Wednesday after turning aside all efforts to weaken the legislation. Senators gave their preliminary approval to the bill Tuesday,...Tags: Regional Authority, Parties and Movements, Punishment, Death Penalty, Health and Safety at School
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The gas tax compromise
The gas tax plan unveiled this week by Gov. Martin O'Malley and the General Assembly's top leaders is a complicated proposal that wouldn't represent our first choice in how best to pay for Maryland's transportation needs. But, on balance, it's a better-...
Tags: Prince George's County, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Consumer Confidence, Economic Indicator, FBI
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Over the decades, a river runs through the court system
It may be known as the Nation's River, but here where the Potomac carves its way between Maryland and Virginia, ownership is up for grabs. Again. A court battle that pits a group of property owners against two small paddling and tubing companies seeks...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Lawyers, Donald Trump, Mount Vernon, Judges
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Death penalty repeal effort survives in Senate
Efforts to end Maryland's death penalty moved forward late Monday as the Senate squashed attempts to retain the death penalty for what one senator called "the worst of the worst." Senators resumed an emotional debate they left off Friday evening,...
Tags: NAACP, Roxbury, Christopher B. Shank, Delores G. Kelley, Baltimore County
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Man arrested in Martinsburg after two-state pursuit of stolen truck
A man was in custody in Eastern Regional Jail early Tuesday after police pursuing a stolen pickup truck from Virginia into West Virginia brought the vehicle to a stop in Martinsburg, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release....Tags: Frederick County (Virginia), Montgomery County (Virginia), Theft, Frederick County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Fix state's speed cameras
With rampant abuses of automated speed enforcement camera systems across the state well-documented by the news media and AAA Mid-Atlantic, the House Environmental Matters Committee on Tuesday is poised to review a series of bills to fix a broken system....
Tags: Highway Transportation, Maryland General Assembly, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Lifting a burden from special ed parents
The welcome lifting of the federal consent decree on Baltimore City Public Schools does not mean all is well for students with disabilities in Baltimore and Maryland — far from it. Yet, the General Assembly rarely pays any attention to the fact that...Tags: Dyslexia, Teaching and Learning, Laws, Lawyers, Judges
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