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2013 News Releases, Advisories and Flyers

Mar 25, 2013 - PMEF report 'Giving Away the Store':
Md. losing hundreds of millions, tax favors must end
Mar 22, 2013 - 'Prosperity Not Austerity' bus/caravan tour Balt.-Capitol Hill
Mar 18, 2013 - 'Prosperity Not Austerity' bus/caravan tour, rally Balt.-DC
Feb 28, 2013 - Md. Groups detail 3/1 cuts' harm, feed Reps
'Pull the Pork' message on Capitol Hill
Feb 28, 2013 - Today 11:30am--'Pull the Pentagon Pork' briefing/delivery, Thurs.
Feb 26, 2013 - RELEASE: 'Pull the Pork' News Briefing Feb. 26
Feb 25, 2013 - Tues. Annapolis Briefing: 'Pull Pentagon Pork' sandwiches
Feb 21, 2013 - Release: Groups Push Md. Early Voting, Same-Day Registration
Jan. 30, 2013 - Progressive Maryland Releases "2013 Opportunity Agenda for Working Families"

2012 News Releases, Advisories and Flyers

Dec. 31: Progressive Maryland, community allies end the year, deliver petitions to Reps. Hoyer, Van Hollen urging, "Stand up for the middle class - cut Pentagon waste, not Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid"
Dec. 10: Groups Vigil, Demand Congress stand up for middle class, say "NO" to cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
July 19: NELP Report Finds Profits Soar for Largest Low-wage Employers, While Paychecks Shrink
June 20: New Analysis Finds GOP Approach to Bush Tax Cuts would Give Richest 1%t of Marylanders $58,340 Per Year More and Give Poorest 20% $100 Less on Average than Obama’s Approach
May 7: Progressive Maryland Supporters at Democrats' Gala Demand Enact Tax Fairness in May 14 Special Session
April 4: Progressive Maryland Endorsed Candidates Win Primary
Mar. 15: Progressive Maryland Announces Primary Candidate Endorsements
Feb. 23: Targeting Loopholes Worth Over $150 Million in Lost Revenue, Progressive Maryland Expands Statewide Tax Fairness Campaign
Feb. 14: Progressive Maryland Launches Campaign for Tax Fairness; Guess Which Marylanders Received a Tax Cut Last Year?

2011 News Releases and Advisories

Dec. 20: House Republicans Embrace the 1% at the Expense of the 99%
Dec. 15: A LUMP OF COAL FOR THE UNEMPLOYED: With Today's Vote, House Republicans Remind Americans Why the 99% is So Angry
Oct. 10: Fund Our Communities Coalition to Protest Lockheed Martin Interference in Montgomery County Council Deliberations
June 30: Prominent Faith Leaders Defend the DREAM Act
June 7: Progressive Maryland Marks 10th Anniversary of 2001 Bush Tax Cuts
Jan. 20: Marylanders Speak Out Against US House of Representatives Vote Wednesday To Repeal Health Reform

2010 News Releases and Advisories

Dec. 28: 2010 "State of Working Maryland" Report Released by Maryland Budget & Tax Policy Institute and Progressive Maryland Education Fund
Sept. 15: Baltimore CAN Calls for Amendments to 25th Street Station PUD to Prevent Expected Job and Wage Losses [plus Institute for Local Self-Reliance Letter to Baltimore Council about effects of Walmart/Lowes development]
July 21: Progressive Maryland Announces Our Last Round of Primary Candidates Who Have Earned Our Endorsement
April 21: City Council members announce public hearing on Verizon’s decision to leave Baltimore off its FiOS map
April 1: Maryland HCAN Celebrates Health Reform with State Leaders and Releases New Report Detailing Maryland Benefits
Feb. 22: Progressive Maryland, Allies Rally at State House for Clean Elections Campaign Finance Reform in Md.

2009 News Releases and Advisories

Nov. 9: Maryland Members of “Health Care for America Now” Thank Six Maryland Representatives for Historic Vote on Health Reform Bill
Oct. 14: Poll shows voters believe big campaign contributions have “corrupting” influence on lawmakers in Annapolis... voters overwhelmingly support voluntary, public funding of campaigns
Oct. 14: New Report: KennedyMikulski HELP Committee Bill Makes Good Health Care More Affordable Than Senate Finance Committee Bill; Typical Maryland Family to Spend $784 Less If Senate Passes HELP Committee Legislation
Oct. 7: Surprise Birthday Party for Constellation/BGE’s CEO Mayo Shattuck III Turns Sour for Monopolist
July 31: Maryland HCAN releases three studies on the Maryland impact of health reform: Affordability, Disparities, and Financing
June 23: Progressive Md. Education Fund Releases 2009 Legislative Scorecard
May 20: Health Insurance Company Mergers Cause Higher Premiums
May 19: Letter to US Deptartment of Justice on Need to Enact a Comprehensive Antitrust Health Insurance Program
April 21: Health Care for America Now Thanks Rep. Steny Hoyer for Leadership
April 15: Health Care for America Now Thanks Rep. Chris Van Hollen for Leadership
March 27: Progressive Maryland Endorses Nancy Navarro in the Montgomery County Council District 4 Special Democratic Primary Election
March 25: Unlikely Allies Team Up to Kick Off Campaign to Pass President Obama’s Historic Budget, a Transformative Blueprint for Rebuilding and Renewing America
March 6: Senate President Miller, Sen. Pinsky Team Up To Push Landmark Campaign Finance Reform Legislation
Feb. 24: Maryland Health Care for America Now Issues New Report: “Next Step Health Care – To Fix Maryland’s Economy, We Need To Fix Health Care Now”
Jan. 8: Community Groups, Elected Officials Unite for Financial Reform, Economic Recovery as Congress Prepares for Action, General Assembly Prepares to Convene

2008 News Releases and Advisories

Dec. 17: Community Groups, Elected Officials Unite for Financial Reform and Economic Recovery During National Week of Action
Oct. 31: Five Balt. Members of Congress Support Health Care for America Now
Sep. 25: Md. Leaders Join National Day of Protest to Stop the Bush Bailout
Sep. 19: Progressive Md. Educ. Fund and Md.Budget & Tax Policy Inst. Release "The State of Working Maryland 2008"
Sep. 4: Health Care for America Now Tells Insurance Industry: Stop Putting Profits Before Our Health
July 28: Progressive Md. Educ. Fund Releases 2008 Legislative Scorecard, Shows Mixed Results in General Assembly for Maryland's Working Families
July 17: Assignment desks: Note participation by U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin and U.S. Reps. Edwards, Sarbanes, and Van Hollen
July 8: 'Health Care for America Now!' Campaign Kicks-off
May 26: Memorial Day Vigil, Baltimore
April 15: Tax Day Protest for New Priorities, Baltimore
April 15: Tax Day Protest for New Priorities, Bowie
April 9: Study Finds Maryland Among Worst States in Income Gap
March 13: Power of Special Interests
Jan. 10: PM Endorses Donna Edwards for Congress

2007 News Releases and Advisories

Nov. 19: Working Families Win in Special Session; Income tax code now more progressive, many vital investments in education, health care reserved
Nov. 7: Senate Committee Waters Down, Eliminates Best Elements in Governor’s Revenue Plan
Oct. 29: Alliance for Tax Fairness Releases Top Ten List of Urgent Needs;
Special Session to determine Maryland's capacity to address its priorities
July 25: News conference to Launch the Alliance for Tax Fairness
June 26: Progressive Maryland, Allies Question County Executive
Johnson's Takeover Attempt of Dimensions Healthcare Board
June 19: Community Leaders Upset Gilchrest Pledged to Support Bush's Budget Veto; Urge: Just Say 'No' to Budget Cuts and Iraq War, 'Yes' to Maryland’s Hard-Working Families
May 31: PM & Allies Condemn 50% Rate Hike, Demand Re-regulation & Public Campaign Funding: 10am at BGE Baltimore; Also See New PMEF May 2007 Report, "Who's Got the Power?"
May 8: Maryland's Governor Signs Nation's First State Living Wage Law
May 4: Prince George's County Council Fails Residents in Hospital Decision
May 2: Groups Decry Bush Veto of Timetable to Redeploy Troops
Feb. 22: Report Finds Record Amount of Money Pumped Into Maryland's 2006 Election