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Headlines 2008

When conservatives Del. Warren Miller and Sen. Alex Mooney team up with liberal Sen. Jamie Raskin to sponsor transparency in government, the bill just might pass. See Baltimore Sun and Baltimore Examiner.
Immigration, illegal and legal. Leaders of both parties have said "Immigrants do jobs Americans won't do and don't want." According to Herb McMillan, MTA Board member,...The facts tell a different story."
Transportation solutions from Peter Samuel: User Financed Roads, Congestion Pricing, and Privatization. See Samuel on the "'Preposterous' Transportation Investment Act Just Signed by the Governor."
Heritage's Ed Haislmaier on Health Care Reform in Maryland: Doing It Right
American Thinker: Electric Power Generation vs. Soft America: Four of Top Ten Heaviest Energy Importing States. "It's no coincidence that most of the largest energy-importing states are bastions of soft America." READ MORE
Americans for Tax Reform Report: State, federal, and local efforts to increase transparency in government spending. READ REPORT
See MTA testimony for Maryland transparency November 3, 2007.
Make city contracts available online, advises the Examiner in a July 11, 2007 editorial. "Why not post all contracts immediately, regardless of size and if companies made contributions? Doing so would make it easy to see if any companies are skirting public oversight by winning multiple bids falling below reporting requirements or are using their financial clout to win contracts. It would also be a simple way to see if the city is complying with minority contracting rules. Obscuring the bids only makes it harder to find out who holds city contracts." READ MORE
Worried about Maryland's tax hikes? Here's what Washington, D.C. has in store for you! See a Heritage Foundation district-by-district chart of the hit your family's budget will take should the Rangel tax bill be enacted. READ MORE

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