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Letters to the Editor - April 19
Marriage should be defined by those involved To the editor: The April 1 letter “Governments have no right to redefine marriage” misconstrues several important concepts. Marriage is (clearly) both a religious and a civil right (ceremony...Tags: Television Industry, Family, Satellite and Cable Service, Mental Health, Career and Workplace
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Group urges federal benefits protections, decries tax breaks outside Schiff's Burbank office
Roughly a dozen activists and union members gathered outside the Burbank office of Rep. Adam Schiff’s Wednesday, urging the congressman to protect federal health insurance programs, while blasting what they called the nation's “rigged tax...
Tags: Health Insurance, Medicare, Insurance, AFL-CIO, Adam Schiff
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Former Gov. Ed Rendell has ties to firm consulting on Lottery privatization.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekAs Gov. Tom Corbett considers whether to hand the reins of the Pennsylvania Lottery over to a British company, he's been getting advice from a firm with ties to his predecessor. Former Gov. Ed Rendell is a senior adviser to...... -
Prison union raises money for Christmas gifts
AFSCME Council 3, Local 1772 (Hagerstown prison complex) donated more than $1,250 in December to help three families in the area provide Christmas gifts to their children. Members of the union assisted in shopping and purchasing of gifts. The local... -
Federal employees face crucial questions in Obama's second term
President Barack Obama begins his second term with a solid record of accomplishments related to the federal workforce, but with more crucial questions facing federal employees than at any time in the past four years. Although Obama didn't mention federal...Tags: Public Employees, National Government, Republican Party, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians
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On state pensions, 'Everyone else is doing it' is no excuse
In 1931, economist John Maynard Keynes lamented, "A sound banker, alas, is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, when he is ruined, is ruined in a conventional way along with his fellows, so that no one can really blame him." Substitute...Tags: Career and Workplace, Martin O'Malley, Labor Legislation, Government, Civil and Public Service
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Ernest B. Crofoot, labor organizer
Ernest B. Crofoot, a former labor organizer who later headed Council 67 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, died Friday of complications from cancer at his Annapolis home. He was 88.
"Ernie was one hell of a trade...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, World War II (1939-1945), Strikes, Career and Workplace, Parkville
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In Lancaster, Corbett defends #PALottery deal
Capitol IdeasIn the face of mounting legislative and public criticism, Gov. Tom Corbett on Wednesday defended his plan to privatize the management of the $3.5 billion Pennsylvania Lottery, arguing that the state has a duty to ensure the fiscal stability of...... -
Robert W. Cos, crane safety consultant
Robert W. Cos, a crane equipment safety consultant who raised awareness in the 1980s of the unsafe car practice called "clipping," died Sunday of pancreatic cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. The longtime Canton resident was 65.
Robert William Cos, whose...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Insurance, Dundalk, Essex (Baltimore, Maryland), Community College of Baltimore County
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House Dems don't like #PaLottery privatization, have no idea what to do about it.
Capitol IdeasHouse Democrats gathered on the steps of the Main Rotunda this morning to loudly denounce the Corbett administration's plan to let a company from England (where they talk funny and play the wrong kind of football) take over the day-to-day...... -
Health employees seek legislation to address workplace violence
Bernice Troy, a geriatric nursing assistant in Baltimore for the past 20 years, has been spat on and cursed, scratched and punched on the job. A patient once slammed Jo Samrow, a nurse in Southern Maryland, into a wall so violently that she developed a...
Tags: Prince George's County, Alzheimer's Disease, Health and Safety at Work, Medical Specialization, Hospitals and Clinics
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State lawmakers vet Lottery privatization proposal.
Capitol IdeasThe senior executives of the British-based company poised to take over the day-to-day management of the Pennsylvania Lottery say they have a simple plan to get more people playing to scratch-off and numbers games that underwrite services for the state&#...
Apr 18, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
Jan 30, 2013
|Story| Burbank Leader
Dec 26, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Jan 27, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
Jan 27, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 12, 2013
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Mar 18, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 16, 2013
| Allentown Morning Call
Mar 8, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 16, 2013
| Allentown Morning Call
Mar 5, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 14, 2013
| Allentown Morning Call
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