Tobacco farmers face uncertain future after large settlement
Maryland tobacco farmers fear slack demand and lower sales as a 206 billion national settlement with cigarette makers looms. The state gains about 4.2 billion over 25 years to repay smoking illness costs, while farmers wrestle with crop shifts, taxes, and uncertain profitability of alternatives.
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Maryland
Parris Slendening
Buddy Hance
Calvert County
Maryland Agriculture Commission
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Neighbors Oppose Hickey School Plan For Offenders
Baltimore County residents and advocates push back against state plans to add two residential treatment centers for sex offenders and emotionally disturbed youths at the Charles H. Hickey Jr School. Officials say the units will not raise the population, which runs about 300 detainees, and will provide needed clinical care. Critics charge the plan breaks decades of promises and could alter the facility’s role.
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Pat Hanges
Sheppard
Enoch Pratt Hospital
Baltimore County
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Howard County
Walter G.R. Wirsching
Department of
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William Donald Scheefer
Day care provider charged in infant deaths in Stevensville
Stevensville ap report says Stacey Russum, charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment in the suffocation deaths of two six month old babies in her home daycare. Probes cite license lapse, improper sleep setup, and calls for stricter home day care regulations. Parents advocate for more inspections, training, CPR, and a registry.
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The
Washington Post
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Ian Denny
Matthew Harrison
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Post
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William Gormley
Georgetown University
Maryland
Dawn Denny
Elaine Harrison
Bennett Seen As Maryland GOP Chairman Aims for Unity
Richard Bennett is expected to win the Maryland Republican Party chairmanship this month with a pledge to unite economic and social conservatives. The outgoing chair Joyce Terhes warns of a fragile division while conservatives urge a tent that reflects core principles.
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Richard Bennett
Maryland
Republican Party
Bennett
Joyce Terhes
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Guy Sabatine
Baltimore County
Mr. Sabatino
Ellen Sauerbrey
Baltimore
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