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Senate Finance Advances Cruise Ship Bill
Channel 2 NewsThe Senate Finance Committee has advanced a bill that would change how Alaska regulates cruise ship wastewater. HB80 has passed the House. Senate Finance is the last committee on the Senate side scheduled to review it before it moves to a vote. The...Tags: Standards, Science and Technology, Politics
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Wednesday Morning Coffee: Lottery union says it could beat private bid.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Just when you thought things couldn't get any weirder with the debate over whether to turn the day-to-day management of the $3.5 billion PA Lottery to an English company, the union representing about 200 agency........ -
Former Sen. Bromwell released from federal prison
Former state Sen. Thomas L. Bromwell Sr., who was sentenced to seven years in prison on a federal bribery conviction, has been released into a community reintegration program, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Thursday. Leah Ominsky, a prisons official,...Tags: Bribery, Corporate Crime, Thomas L Bromwell, Prisons, Punishment
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UPDATE: Senate defeats Governor's transportation plan, recommits bill to Finance Committee
ReporterThe State Senate has defeated Governor McDonnell's transportation proposal, voting Tuesday night to recommit the legislation to the Senate Finance Committee. The vote means the Senate bill will not win approval this year. The Governor's...Tags: Voting, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Bob McDonnell, Politics, Regional Authority
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Time to break up the biggest Wall Street banks
TARP, the infamous Troubled Assets Relief Program that bailed out Wall Street in 2008, is finally over. The Treasury Department recently announced it will soon be completing the sale of the remaining shares it owns of the banks and of General Motors....
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Jeb Hensarling, Citigroup Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance
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Senator Kevin Meyer Wants to Finish Started Capital Projects
Channel 2 NewsA co-chair of the Senate Finance Committee says he'd like the state to finish capital projects before funding new ones. Sen. Kevin Meyer told reporters Tuesday that that is his own goal, and that he hasn't spoken with the House Finance co-chair or...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance
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Letters to the Editor - Jan. 27
Unions are not to blame for economic problems To the editor: Some blame unions for what’s wrong with America’s economy. The facts don’t support this. American workers are the backbone of our economy, and they work best when they have...Tags: National Security, Firearms, Regional Authority, Lotteries, Executive Branch
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Offshore wind energy is right for Maryland
I applaud Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller's courageous stand for the planet and for the creation of good construction jobs as shown by his willingness to change the composition of the Senate Finance Committee if necessary in order to get the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Annapolis, Solar Energy
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Friday Morning Coffee: The weekend warm-up.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're back to work on Monday. And with our return comes a return to the usual full posting schedule you've come to expect from us. In the meantime, here's a quick buffet of the best...... -
Monday Morning Coffee: For NePa's Blake, a key role in helping distressed cities.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're back in the office for our first day of work after a protracted holiday break. And while we didn't exactly slack our way through the holidays, today represents the first time we'll be flexing...... -
Offshore wind gets boost in Annapolis
Legislation to encourage development of wind turbines off Ocean City got a boost Tuesday, as the Associated Press reported that Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said he wants to see the twice-defeated bill get a full debate in his chamber this year....
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Ocean City, Annapolis
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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: Fort Meade (military base), Food and Drug Administration, Tom Harkin, Intel Corp., U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
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