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Nov 6, 2024 | 
marylandmatters.org | Danielle E. Gaines |Elijah Pittman
by Danielle E. Gaines and Elijah Pittman, Maryland Matters November 6, 2024 It’s wait-and-see in Western Maryland. Republican former Del.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
marylandmatters.org | Elijah Pittman
by Elijah Pittman, Maryland Matters August 19, 2024 For more than a century, when someone wanted to buy a home all they had to do was walk into a real estate office and ask the agent to start showing them properties. That agent was paid by the seller if a deal ever went through. All that changed Saturday.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
news.yahoo.com | Elijah Pittman
Under a change to longstanding real estate practice that took effect Saturday, home buyers have to agree upfront to pay their agents, instead of being paid by the seller. It's rattled the industry. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesFor more than a century, when someone wanted to buy a home all they had to do was walk into a real estate office and ask the agent to start showing them properties. That agent was typically paid by the seller if a deal ever went through.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
sourcenm.com | Elijah Pittman
Chanting “thank you, Joe,” an energetic crowd welcomed President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to Largo Thursday, in their first appearance together since she replaced him as the Democratic nominee for president. The event at Prince George’s Community College was officially for the White House to announce that the government had negotiated lower prescription drug prices with pharmaceutical companies that will eventually save billions of dollars.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
marylandmatters.org | Bryan P. Sears |William Ford |Elijah Pittman
Ongoing budget pressures — and how to address them — have been top of mind for leaders gathered in Ocean City this week for the annual Maryland Association of Counties summer conference. But the leader of the Maryland Senate said he is unlikely to consider broad-based tax increases to address looming budget deficits.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
marylandmatters.org | Elijah Pittman
by Elijah Pittman, Maryland Matters August 12, 2024 Baltimore has reached a second $45 million settlement in its lawsuit against multiple pharmaceutical companies and drug stores for their part in the city’s opioid crisis. The agreement Friday with CVS comes two months after the city reached a similar agreement with Allergan Finance in June.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
marylandmatters.org | Elijah Pittman
Organizers for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and for the Maryland Green Party said they each submitted thousands more signatures than the 10,000 needed Monday to earn a place on this fall’s ballot. The petitions still must be certified by elections officials, but organizers said they are confident.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
times-news.com | Elijah Pittman
The University System of Maryland signed a multicampus contract with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees on Friday that will standardize labor benefits for workers at nine campuses in Maryland. The contract and memorandum of understanding cover approximately 5,700 non-faculty university employees for the next three years. That’s about 95% of the unionized workers at the nine campuses, according to a statement from both parties.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
wtop.com | Elijah Pittman |Ivy Lyons
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The University System of Maryland signed a multicampus contract with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees on Friday that will standardize labor benefits for workers at nine campuses in Maryland.
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Aug 3, 2024 | 
azdailysun.com | Elijah Pittman
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