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| Congressional earmarks sometimes used to fund projects near lawmakers’ properties |
| WASHINGTON -- AU.S. senator from Alabama directed more than $100 million in federal earmarks to renovate downtown Tuscaloosa near his own commercial office building. A congressman from Georgia secured $6.3 million in taxpayer funds to replenish the beach about 900 feet from his island vacation cottage. A representative from Michigan earmarked $486,000 to add a bike lane to a bridge within ... |
| 02/07/2012 |
| Gazette.Net: NewsWatch: Venture capital up in Q4, down in 2011 |
| The total value of venture capital pumped into Maryland companies in the fourth quarter of last year grew to $80.2 million from $46.0 million in the third quarter and $59.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to the latest MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data from Thomson Reuters. |
| 01/26/2012 |
| D.C. housing deal shows much spent but less accomplished |
| The deal was forged in 2008 when a fledgling nonprofit group with political connections promised to turn distressed apartment complexes into badly needed homes for troubled young men. Peaceoholics had never bought or repaired a building. It had never operated affordable housing. It had no construction money from private lenders and less than $27,000 cash on hand. Read full article >> |
| 01/29/2012 |
| Maryland top earners would pay more under O’Malley budget |
| ANNAPOLIS – Gov. Martin O’Malley unveiled a $35.9 billion budget proposal on Wednesday morning that calls for Maryland’s top earners to pay more, large online retailers to collect the state sales tax and a handful of tax loopholes to be closed. O’Malley hinted at increases in transportation infrastructure spending, but did not disclose how he would [...] |
| 01/18/2012 |
| Mitt Romney Still Preferred To Newt Gingrich By Power Outsiders |
| WASHINGTON -- Although he appears headed to victory in Saturday's South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich faces skepticism from grassroots Republican activists and officeholders, who increasingly prefer Mitt Romney as their first choice for the Republican presidential nomination. That's the main finding from the latest Power Outsiders survey in the early primary and caucus states and beyond. |
| 01/21/2012 |
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