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Baltimore declares this 'Museum Week' as city hosts American Alliance of Museums conference
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has declared this week Museum Week in the city. Baltimore is hosting the national convention of the American Alliance of Museums. So many of the city's cultural institutions are offering...Tags: Arts and Culture, Museums
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State board finds speed camera task force violated open-meetings act
A task force appointed last year by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to study the city's speed and red-light camera program violated Maryland law when it met behind closed doors in March, the state Open Meetings Compliance Board ruled this week. The task...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Lawyers, Justice System
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City board approves $107 million Harbor Point TIF
Meeting behind closed doors, the city's Board of Finance on Monday approved more than $100 million in taxpayer assistance to help fund a massive, waterfront development project that will host energy giant Exelon Corp.'s regional headquarters. After...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Harbor, Baltimore Development Corporation, Exelon Corp.
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Baltimore's local hiring bill worth a try
The Sun's argument that Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake should veto Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young's local hiring bill is quite weak on a number of fronts ("Noble but flawed," May 15). First, The Sun argues that if challenged, the proposed law...
Tags: Bernard C. Young, Employment Opportunities, Poverty, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Baltimore's noble but flawed hiring bill
On the face of it, City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young's local hiring bill sounds eminently reasonable. When Baltimore spends its residents' tax dollars, why shouldn't it do so in a way that supports hiring city residents, particularly...
Tags: Local Government, Employment Opportunities, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Career and Workplace
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$1 billion for new city schools: From non-starter to law
Baltimore schools chief Andrés Alonso went to Annapolis last year seeking approval for a bold $2 billion plan to replace many of the city system's crumbling buildings. The idea didn't even make it out of committee. Prospects still looked bleak in...
Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Bonds
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Maryland: A good state to be from, a bad place to live
In a recent column, Dan Rodricks essentially excoriated corporate CEOs for whining about Maryland ("Complaining CEOs need to take a hike," May 8). OK, he feels that they make too much money, that's his right, and it falls exactly in line with the thinking...
Tags: Business, Washington, DC, Martin O'Malley, Annapolis
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Rawlings-Blake named grand marshal for LGBT celebration
Organizers of this year's Baltimore Pride celebration have chosen Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to serve as grand marshal in recognition of her support for the gay community. The GLBT Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland is hosting the...
Tags: Druid Hill, Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Mount Vernon
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Latest Maryland and Delaware news, sports, business and entertainment
ARBUTUS SLAYING Police: Man kills woman, tries to kill self ARBUTUS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore County police say a man killed a woman inside her Arbutus home and then apparently tried to kill himself. The slaying occurred Friday inside a home on...Tags: Yunel Escobar, Drug Trafficking, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Report finds little progress on curbing animal abuse in Baltimore
BALTIMORE (AP) — A yet-to-be-released report finds that Baltimore has made little progress in curbing animal abuse since a special commission was formed in 2009. WBAL-TV (http://tinyurl.com/bje7ub3 ) obtained the report ahead of its release. It was... -
Behind the scenes of a decision to shut down speed cameras
The emailed directive went out midmorning April 16 from a Baltimore City traffic engineer: No more speed camera tickets are to be issued from the camera in the 3900 block of The Alameda. Less than five hours later, an engineering supervisor wrote...
Tags: Technology, Science and Technology
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Amid scandal, Obama focuses on jobs in Baltimore
President Barack Obama told several hundred people gathered at a Baltimore manufacturing plant on Friday that he would keep his administration focused on the economic recovery -- despite a series of political scandals that have rocked the administration...Tags: Gun Control, Internal Revenue Service, Baltimore City Community College, Politics, White House
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