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Archive of Maryland on Tuesday June 30, 2009
MD: New group scrutinizes stimulus spending, transportation priorities
Maryland needs to get on track with investing stimulus dollars for transportation, a newly formed coalition of smart growth, business, environmental and faith groups said Monday. Read More
MD: State approves third Calvert Cliffs reactor
The Maryland Public Service Commission, the state's top energy regulator, has approved a proposed third nuclear reactor at the Calvert Cliffs power plant in Southern Maryland. Read More
Furloughs cut into state services
With states facing a $121 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year, a growing number of them have turned to squeezing their workforce for savings, and effects both great and small will be felt. Read More
MD: Md. travel expected to take only slight dip
Marylanders may be bucking a holiday travel trend. Despite predictions that July 4th travel will be down nearly 2 percent nationwide, the number of Marylanders expected to travel this holiday weekend will dip - but only by about half of 1 percent, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. Read More
MD: Harford waste oil, antifreeze recycling sites get reprieve
A one-year grant from the Maryland Department of the Environment will allow Harford County to keep nine waste oil and antifreeze recycling locations open through next June. Read More
VA: Rail spending applauded; overall maintenance booed
Maryland and the District have done a better job than Virginia in spending federal stimulus dollars earmarked for transportation, according to a report released yesterday by a smart-growth advocacy group. Read More
US: Ruling adds teeth to state oversight of banks
For years, state governments have had little power to enforce consumer-protection and lending rules at the country's biggest banks. No more. Read More
US: Obama steers health debate out of capital
WASHINGTON — With Democrats deeply divided over health legislation, President Obama is trying to enlist the nation's governors and his own army of grass-roots supporters in a bid to increase pressure on lawmakers without getting himself mired in the messy battle playing out on Capitol Hill. Read More
US: A green way to dump low-tech electronics
Since 2004, 18 states and New York City have approved laws that make manufacturers responsible for recycling electronics, and similar statutes were introduced in 13 other states this year. Read More |
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