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Legislature passes ban on arsenic in chicken feed

Maryland is on its way to becoming the first state to ban an arsenic additive in chicken feed.

Tags: Delegate Tom Hucker, Harry Hughes, arsenic, poultry feed, roxarsone,

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Lawmakers push against O'Malley's pension plan

Montgomery County lawmakers say they understand times are tough, but Gov. Martin O'Malley's making it tougher on their constituents with a plan to shift half the cost of teacher pensions to the counties.

Tags: teacher pensions, ike leggett, Craig Rice, Montgomery County Council, universal default clause, kate ryan, Roger Berliner, Martin O

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Presiding officers give Md. legislative forecast

As a challenging legislative session looms in Maryland, Democratic and Republican leaders appealed to local officials Friday to be part of the process, while comments from leaders in the two parties suggest there will be plenty of fighting in Annapolis in a year when tax increases will be debated.

Tags: Michael Busch, Sen. E.J. Pipkin, Maryland Association of Counties, PlanMaryland, The Wildlife Center of Virginia, Thomas V. Mike Miller,

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