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Group wants background checks for firearm buyers
holly.shok@herald-mail.comOne hundred days after the second-deadliest school shooting in United States history, community members gathered at the Boonsboro Free Library on Thursday to sign a petition advocating universal background checks for firearm sales. Hosted by public...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Barack Obama, Organizing for Action, Benjamin L. Cardin, Libraries
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NFU: Poultry grower fairness provisions endangered by Senate continuing resolution
WASHINGTON - National Farmers Union (NFU) signed a coalition letter on March 13 urging opposition to a policy rider in the Senate version of the Fiscal Year 2013 Continuing Resolution that would rescind regulations that help ensure fair markets for...Tags: Politics, Richard Shelby
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Rep. John K. Delaney: Signal from the airport - we need a new flight plan
The indiscriminate budget cuts known as “sequestration” will soon be felt in Maryland and in Washington County. Last week it was announced that air traffic control towers at the Hagerstown and Frederick airports will likely be closed. The...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Congress, Politics, Head Start, Air Transportation Industry
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Mikulski says she doesn't support 'Monsanto rider' in funding bill
Food safety groups are ramping up pressure on Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski over language included in a government funding bill that would make it harder for courts to block the planting of genetically engineered crops. The language, tucked into...
Tags: Elections, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Food Industry, Politics
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Congress funds continued production of surveillance planes in Hagerstown
U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski said Congress has approved $43 million to continue production of border-patrol planes in Hagerstown. The Democratic senator said Monday that the funds were part of a continuing resolution Congress passed last week to keep the...
Tags: Elections, U.S. Congress, The Herald-Mail, Politics
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What hiring freeze? Federal government continues to post job openings
While hundreds of thousands of federal workers brace for unpaid furloughs starting next month, Uncle Sam is still looking to hire. In one week alone this month, nearly 2,200 job listings available to the public were posted on USAJobs.gov, the federal...
Tags: National Security, U.S. Congress, Politics, Government Health Care, Sex Crimes
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Senate OKs legislation to keep government open; House votes next
WASHINGTON — All but ensuring there will be no federal shutdown, the Senate on Wednesday approved a measure to keep the government running — but not before tweaking the automatic budget cuts that threaten some of the lawmakers’...
Tags: Lisa Mascaro, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Congress, Rand Paul, Politics
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Lawrence W. "Larry" Simns Sr., bay advocate
Lawrence W. "Larry" Simns Sr., a fourth-generation waterman and longtime advocate for the Chesapeake Bay and those who make their living from its waters, died Thursday of bone cancer at his Rock Hall home. He was 75. "Larry stood sentry for the...
Tags: Oysters, U.S. Congress, Aquaculture, Tilghman Island, Energy Resources
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Maryland should say yes to single-sex schools
Anyone hearing the ACLU's position on single-sex education would think something troubling is afoot in almost every town in America. The ACLU claims that single-sex education is an unlawful form of discrimination and that its supposed benefits are based...Tags: Science and Technology, Medical Research, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Hillary Clinton, Religion and Belief
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Government sequestration could affect Hagerstown Regional Airport
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comWith less than a week remaining before federal budget cuts could go into effect, federal agencies and parks, the military, hospitals, doctors, and Hagerstown Regional Airport, prepare for the ramifications if Congress fails to pass legislation to avoid it...Tags: Michael J. Astrue , Politics, U.S. Congress, Government Debt, Government Health Care
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Bank offers $1.3 million for Md. affordable housing projects
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta has agreed to provide $1.3 million to fund affordable housing projects in Baltimore and Cecil County, Maryland's U.S. senators announced Wednesday. "As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I have...Tags: Rentals, Harbor, Benjamin L. Cardin, Capital Bank Corporation, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Hattie Harrison, longest-serving Md. delegate
Hattie Harrison, the matriarch of East Baltimore politics who often greeted colleagues as "Baby" and was known for her signature curled hair and Southern cooking, will be remembered at a funeral at noon Feb. 9. Mrs. Harrison died of heart disease...
Tags: Human Interest, Science and Technology, Politics, Washington, DC, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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