Day: September 2, 2011

State Roundup, September 2, 2011

Maryland ends the fiscal year with a surplus, touching off more sniping with Virginia; poor economy harms unions; politicians spend more time with constituents without power than haranguing power companies; and early voter turnout in Baltimore mayoral primary is dismal.

Maryland is one of 10 most pro-government union states

As we head into the Labor Day weekend, a new rating is classifying Maryland as one of the 10 most pro-government union states in the country.

And that’s not a good thing, according to the Big Labor vs. Taxpayers Index released Wednesday by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank that supports free markets and opposes organized labor.

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