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BUILD activists call on business leaders to help city schools. Tax breaks, disparity between downtown development and opportunities for youth at issue
As their bus rumbled through housing projects and dilapidated schools and toward Harbor East — one of the crown jewels of Baltimore's revitalized waterfront — Zion Baptist Church Pastor Marshall Prentice asked his parishioners how they felt after hearing about the millions of tax breaks given to developers there.
Columbia Association to hold woman-only swim times Need grew from county's Muslim community
When Shehlla Khan's husband became ill, it fell on her to take their three children to the pool. But for Khan, who is Muslim, the task was difficult.
Rawlings-Blake vows to double youth jobs, after school program funding
Candidates vying to be Baltimore's next mayor promised Thursday evening to double funding for after school programs, create 1,000 summer jobs for youth and renovate or rebuild all of the city's schools.
Maryland tuition law must be defended
In Maryland, an immigration battle redux
A new law allowing in-state college tuition for some illegal immigrants is suspended until it can go before voters next year. In the meantime, both sides build up huge campaigns to persuade the public...
Religious Leaders Lend Support to Dream Act
ANNAPOLIS — Religious leaders gathered outside the House of Delegates today to thank delegates who have agreed to vote for a bill that could give in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants...
In-state tuition opponents have signatures for referendum
Law is suspended, headed for 2012 ballot
The Maryland Industrial Areas Foundation, which represents 85 congregations and schools in the state, issued a statement under the heading: "Love will prevail over hate."
The group has joined in a public relations campaign that kicked off last week to shift the focus to civility and blunt the economic criticism by arguing that the law should be viewed as an investment in the state's youth...
Md. voters to decide immigrant tuition law
Opponents of a new law that gives undocumented immigrants in-state tuition discounts at Maryland’s public colleges have gathered enough signatures to suspend the law and force a statewide referendum, election officials said Thursday.
It is the first time in 20 years that a petition drive has forced a vote on a Maryland law...
Measure providing in-state tuition for illegal immigrants appears headed for Md. ballot in ‘12
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Opponents of a recently approved measure that would allow certain illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at Maryland colleges have collected enough signatures to put the matter before state voters in November 2012, officials said Thursday...
DREAM petition nets 75,000 signatures
Now that opponents of the state DREAM Act have collected more than 75,000 signatures for a petition to overturn the bill, the legislation's final fate may be left in the hands of voters in the upcoming election.
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