Federal Bailout Funds

Stadium zeppelin about to balloon out of control To the editor: One day, it’s renovating a stadium to preserve a local tradition, and the next its mounting a campaign to replace The Herald-Mail for a new ballpark. Let’s go to the breakdown....

Though a meeting last week left state lawmakers and fire and rescue association officials on the same page about some issues related to the association's use of public gaming money, officials left the meeting with many details still to be negotiated....

Eurozone reaches deal on $170 billion Greek bailout, cuts debt to 120.5 percent of GDP by 2020 BRUSSELS (AP) — Greece won a second massive financial bailout in the early hours of Tuesday morning when its partners in the 17-country eurozone...

Gov. Martin O’Malley has promised an ambitious agenda this legislative session, but in a part of the state where ambitious agendas are not necessarily heralded as good things, our local lawmakers will face a delicate balancing act. Lawmakers must...

“I was shopping at one of our weekend markets last Thursday and I stopped for a bite to eat, and a young 83-year-old lady started to talk to me. My mother had passed 10 years ago in December, and I was having a really bad day, missing her. I am...

Washington County’s state legislative delegation got closer Wednesday to agreeing on a final bill proposing new oversight over the financial workings of the Washington County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. At a delegation meeting in...

Those familiar with the frustrations of repeating lessons that they assumed had been learned understand the need for patience. So we will try to employ this virtue ourselves when we remind the Washington County delegation and County Commissioners for the...

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced Thursday that Indiana would be one of 49 states joining in the federal government’s settlement with the five major mortgage lending banks and servicing institutions.  The settlement with Ally, Bank...

Some of Washington County’s state lawmakers said Thursday that they preferred proposing tighter financial oversight than a new gaming bill contains, but the law won’t allow it. Del. Andrew A. Serafini, R-Washington, said legislators were...

The following are the remarks of President Barack Obama, as prepared for delivery. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of...

Like all 20 of Washington County's volunteer fire companies, Western Enterprise Fire Co. receives tens of thousands of dollars a year in public funding. Unlike the rest, however, the volunteer fire company in the big brick building in Hagerstown's West...

Washington County's state lawmakers were asked Wednesday about Maryland's role in local land-use decisions, the outlook for education funding and whether the University System of Maryland at Hagerstown's budget would be a target for budget cuts. The half...