Mental health funding cuts worry advocates and officials
Advocates and lawmakers at a Frederick County breakfast warned that tighter budgets threaten mental health services and demand new public private partnerships. Officials cited welfare reform and job skills programs as areas needing collaboration while noting federal changes will shape the impact. Desperate conditions could raise homelessness and crime in the community.
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Frederick County Mental Health Association
Norine Haas
The
Mental Health Association
Steven Mood
County Social Services Department
Department of Social Services
Mood
Annapolis
Sen
John Derr
Richard Kopp
Frederick County Alliance For the
Frederick County seeks bids to rehabilitate historic Four Points Bridge
The Frederick County Department of Public Works invites bids for the rehabilitation of the 1876 Four Points Keysville Road Bridge over Tom's Creek two miles east of Md 76. Project cost $496000, funds allocated in 1996. bids open Feb 7 at Winchester Hall with award hoped in April.
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Frederick County
Thomas Meunier
Division of Transportation Engineering
Meunier
Winchester Hall
Glendening hints at Maryland priorities for next session
Governor Parris Glendening outlined several goals for the upcoming General Assembly session while deferring details on tax cuts and Medicaid abortion funding. He promised no school aid cuts, touted a >5 percent boost for Baltimore and county education, $120 million in school construction, and plans to shrink state government by eliminating the Department of Personnel.
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Annapolis
Parris Glendening
General Assembly
Glendening
House of Delegates
Casper R. Talver Jr
Heid
Baltimore
State Department of Personnel
House
Senate
Maryland
Legislature to Revise Maryland Election Laws After Fraud Allegations
Annapolis AP reports lawmakers will tinker with election laws to fix problems from the 1994 gubernatorial race. A major overhaul is seen as a year or two away, with Gov Glendening and the legislature expected to form another study group to clean up the law. Delegate John Arnick calls the current code conflicting and outdated. The issue arose after Ellen Sauerbrey narrowly lost to Glendening amid fraud and mismanagement allegations, especially in Baltimore.
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Annapolis
John Arnick
Baltimore County
Arnick
Parris Glendening
Ellen Sauerbrey
Glendening
Baltimore
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