Maryland on Friday November 06, 2009

MD: Bay goals downgraded
By Pamela Wood, The Capital (Annapolis)
The federal government is putting the Chesapeake Bay on a pollution diet, but officials say it can be a little less strict than in the past.
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MD: Montgomery might sue state over school funding law
By Nelson Hernandez, The Washington Post
Top Montgomery County officials threatened Thursday to sue the state and "aggressively pursue" legislation that would change state law after Maryland's attorney general found that the county had failed to meet the state's minimum level of funding for education. The opinion renders it potentially liable for millions of dollars in penalties.
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MD: Plan for I-270 light rail gains steam
By Katherine Shaver, The Washington Post
Routing a transit line closer to the Kentlands and through two developments planned for west Gaithersburg would draw as many as 42,000 daily boardings, enough to make either a light rail line or busway in the Interstate 270 corridor eligible for federal money, according to a state study released Thursday.
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MD: U-Md. students protest official's firing
By Daniel de Vise, The Washington Post
Several hundred students marched Thursday to the administration building at the University of Maryland to protest the firing of a popular diversity officer in one of the largest demonstrations at the College Park campus since the Vietnam War era.
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MD: States urge stiffer anti-pollution laws
By James B. Hale, The Sun (Baltimore)
Twelve states, including Maryland, and the District of Columbia urged the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to adopt more rigorous national policies so they can meet federal air pollution reduction requirements for the region.
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MD: Young people at center of politics, Steele says
By Jacques Kelly, The Sun (Baltimore)
BALTIMORE -- The Republican National Committee chairman told a Johns Hopkins University student audience Thursday night that they were "not the future" of politics, but were in fact at the center of it today.
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MD: Case involving problematic gang law postponed to January
By Peter Hermann, The Sun (Baltimore)
Dajuan A. Marshall does not deny being a member of the Spyder gang, a Bloods sect, according to his defense attorney.
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MD: Waiting to learn who pays Dixon's legal bills
By Julie Bykowicz , The Sun (Baltimore)
BALTIMORE -- Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's legal bills, racked up during a years-long corruption probe that has led her to enlist seven criminal defense attorneys for a theft trial next week, could run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, legal observers say.
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MD: Officials look to update child support rules
By The Associated Press, The Capital (Annapolis)
BALTIMORE — Maryland officials are proposing the first increase to recommended child support payments in 20 years.
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MD: Maryland in-state tuition falls below national average
By Laura Gurfein, The Capital (Annapolis)
WASHINGTON -- It's cheaper to go to college in-state, especially if you live in Maryland.
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