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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, Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, Alzheimer's Disease, Science
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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: Politics, Government, Personal Income, Harford County, Budgets and Budgeting
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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: George W. Bush, Politics, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Bill Clinton
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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: Politics, Buffalo Grove, Government, Pension and Welfare, Springfield
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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: Politics, Elections, Government, Public Officials, Muscular Dystrophy Association
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City Rejects Petition to Repeal Assembly Labor Ordinance
Channel 2 NewsA petition asking voters to repeal Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan’s controversial rewrite of the city’s labor laws has been rejected by city officials, who say it won’t appear on the municipal ballot because it was improperly worded and...Tags: Politics, Government, Local Government, Laws, Public Officials
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Greece qualifies for new bailout funds but must impose mass layoffs
ATHENS – With a critical monitoring mission completed, international debt inspectors gave Greece the nod Monday for an additional $13 billion in rescue aid but insisted that it had to ax thousands of civil servants as part of efforts to slash the...
Tags: Politics, Finance, Alexis Tsipras, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Greece to get $13 billion in rescue funds
ATHENS — International debt inspectors gave conditional approval Monday to an additional $13 billion in rescue aid for the beleaguered Greek government, but insisted that it cut thousands of civil service jobs as part of an effort to slash...Tags: Politics, Finance, Government, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment
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South Florida Sun Sentinel wins Pulitzer
The South Florida Sun Sentinel was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for public service journalism Monday for its investigation of off-duty police officers who endangered the lives of citizens by speeding. The newspaper, owned by Tribune Co.,...Tags: Politics, Arts, Mexico, Services and Shopping, The Washington Post
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Exelon donations in Maryland made as agreed
In the year since Exelon Corp. acquired Baltimore's Constellation Energy Group, the company has donated more than $300,000 to first-responders in the region. It is handing out thousands of free trees to Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers. It is...
Tags: Exelon Corp., Politics, Environmental Issues, Indiana University, Personal Income
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Mailbag: Board member is not using stipend for agency legal tab [updated]
Re. "Commentary: Sanitary Board's Ooten pays down legal tab," March 30: I have supported Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa) for more than 20 years. I consider Dana and his wife, Rhonda, friends. After reading Costa Mesa Sanitary District Director...Tags: Politics, Government, U.S. Congress
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Billing complaints prompt Maryland Public Service Commission to launch investigation of PE
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comThe Maryland Public Service Commission in Baltimore is launching an investigation into complaints that Potomac Edison overbilled some Western Maryland electricity customers by failing to read their meters as often as required. The agency opened a case...Tags: Politics, William Donald Schaefer, Government, FirstEnergy Corp., Frederick County (Maryland)
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