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Foley Still Pushing Conflicts Of Interest Bill
The Hartford CourantFormer Republican gubernatorial nominee Tom Foley returned to the state Capitol Tuesday to resume his push for a highly controversial bill that would ban certain conflicts of interest by state legislators. At a news conference, Foley announced that 11...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , Danbury, Politics, Business Enterprises, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Md. nonprofits waiting for cuts to AmeriCorps volunteers
When officials in Washington evaluate the consequences of the sequester, Tiara Bland wants them to consider the sixth-grade girls at Mother Seton Academy. Bland, a 22-year-old AmeriCorps member at the Baltimore academy for low-income children, said the...Tags: Education, Habitat for Humanity International, Colleges and Universities, Politics, American Red Cross
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Unions do their business on taxpayers' dime
It's the old "fair share" argument, but this time it holds even less water than usual. The Maryland State Education Association, the union that bargains on behalf of K-12 teachers throughout Maryland, wants to force all teachers — members or not &#...Tags: Baltimore County, Career and Workplace, Unions, AFSCME, Howard County
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Trout season opens statewide in Pennsylvania on Saturday
People in the Lehigh Valley have been trout fishing for almost two weeks now after the regional opener in Southeastern Pennsylvania kicked off on March 30. The rest of the state opens for trout season 8 a.m. this Saturday, April 13, and should see...Tags: Politics, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Carbon County, Centre County, Hunting
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Regulators follow golden road to Promontory
Mary Schapiro, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, must take us for fools. No need to worry about her and the so-called revolving door between government and Wall Street, she told the Wall Street Journal on April 2, after...Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Politics, Mary Schapiro, Citigroup Incorporated, Bank of America Corp.
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Tom Foley Not Giving Up On Conflict Of Interest Bill
Tom Foley is not giving up. Despite facing a huge buzzsaw of opposition over his bill on conflicts of interest, the former Republican gubernatorial nominee is pushing ahead to resurrect the measure before the session ends on June 5. At a news...Tags: Southington, Dannel P. Malloy , Career and Workplace, Danbury, Politics
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Repeal law that sticks public with risk for building plants
What if a contractor offered to build you a new roof and asked for the money up-front, refused to guarantee the roof would actually be built and told you there's no refund if the roof is, in fact, never built. Most Floridians would call that type of...
Tags: Progress Energy Incorporated, Consumers, Politics, Florida Legislature, Plant Openings
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Margaret Thatcher dies at 87; Britain's first female prime minister
LONDON -- Margaret Thatcher, the grocer's daughter who punched through an old-boy political network to become Britain's first female prime minister, stamping her personality indelibly on the nation and pursuing policies that reverberate decades later, has...
Tags: Politics, Science and Technology, Somerville, Parliament, Margaret Thatcher
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Holding on tax rate in Harford good public policy [Editorial]
It's easy to be critical of the government, any government, any time, but especially at budget making time. That's because budget making time is when tax rates are set or adjusted, and often if they're adjusted, they're adjusted up. It's also the...Tags: Harford County, Politics, Pies and Tarts, Personal Income, Government
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State Retiree Health Benefits Under Attack in Long Look At Fiscal Crisis
The Hartford CourantConnecticut must cap state employee retiree health benefits and sharply raise fees for all sorts of state services in order to halt a long-term fiscal slide that is, in some ways, the worst in the nation. That was the advice Monday from David M. Walker,...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Politics, Health and Safety at Work, Connecticut Business and Industry Association
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Real pension reform
Illinois House Minority Leader Tom Cross, R-Plainfield, and Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Buffalo Grove, recently wrote that it is time to “set aside our differences and work together” on pension reform ("Working together on pension reform," Guest...Tags: Springfield, Elaine Nekritz, Buffalo Grove, Pension and Welfare, Politics
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Outgoing Arlington Heights Mayor Mulder says goodbye
Wearing the same bright red suit she wore on her first day as mayor of Arlington Heights 20 years ago, Arlene J. Mulder bid a tearful farewell to a standing-room-only crowd at her final Village Board meeting Monday night. In addition, April 28 was...
Tags: Local Elections, Public Officials, Politics, Elections, Muscular Dystrophy Association
Apr 23, 2013
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Apr 9, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 8, 2013
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Apr 23, 2013
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Apr 8, 2013
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Apr 18, 2013
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Apr 18, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013
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Apr 18, 2013
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