Day: January 8, 2009

No Earmarks? Go to Hagerstown

A $4.1 million project could be awarded to the City of Hagerstown, according to this report. Kareem D. Murphy of The Ferguson Group said during a City Council work session that about $4 million of the money — if approved by Congress later this month — would be earmarked to help pay for a project […]

Back in the Saddle

The restrictions on Sen. Lott as a former officeholder have expired, according to this report. “I’m free!” announced former Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi. “My year is up!” Special interests politics are apparently still in favor with the former Republican leader, who said he had been counting the seconds — quite literally — until the […]