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Council OKs bill that would force contractors to hire city residents
In a unanimous vote, the City Council gave preliminary approval Monday to a bill that would require businesses getting large city contracts or financial support to hire 51 percent of new workers from Baltimore. "My council colleagues believe this is a...
Tags: Laws, Employment Opportunities, Business, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Six steps for post-Alonso school progress
While Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso deserves thanks for six game-changing years in Baltimore, the transformation he presided over owes as much to the vision and resolve of a city school board that insisted on fostering choice and accountability...
Tags: Students, Corporate Officers, PNC Financial Services Group Incorporated, Education, Teaching and Learning
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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: Elections, Annapolis, Bonds, Economy, Business and Finance, Michael E. Busch
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Baltimore's new downtown
Harbor East is moving farther east with baker-cum-developer John Paterakis Sr.'s announcement Friday that he will break ground this summer on a new, mega-Whole Foods and later on a new residential/retail building across Central Avenue from the...
Tags: Harbor, Politics, Rental Service, Rentals, Cardiac Arrhythmia
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Bill would force contractors to hire city residents
The City Council is poised to vote Monday on a bill that would require businesses receiving large city contracts or major financial support to hire 51 percent of new workers from Baltimore — or face sanctions. "We have the highest unemployment...
Tags: Baltimore Development Corporation, Laws, Employment Opportunities, Clipper Mill, Business
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City says task force didn't violate open meetings law
A lawyer for Baltimore City says a task force appointed by the mayor to study the city's speed camera program did not hold an illegal closed-door meeting during a March visit to a contractor's headquarters. But a prominent member of the task force called...
Tags: Brekford Corp., Lawyers, Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Commencement speakers strive to inspire, entertain
Expectations are high for this year's commencement speakers at Maryland universities — an august crew that includes the Obamas and their team of writers as well as funnyman Bill Cosby and Hollywood director Jason Winer. But to stand out — or...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Dartmouth College, Northwestern University, Politics, Stanley A. McChrystal
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Young, Pratt criticize city's use of consultants
The Baltimore SunTwo of the city's top three elected officials are criticizing what they believe is an over-reliance on consultants within city government. Both City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young and Comptroller Joan M. Pratt voted against a $27 million on-...Tags: Science and Technology, House Building, Arcadis NV, Bernard C. Young
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City to offer free breakfast, lunch to kids this summer
Children in poor Baltimore neighborhoods can get free meals this summer through an extension of the National School Lunch Program, city officials said Wednesday. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the Summer Food Service Program, which is expected to...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Baltimore Housing, United Way , Recipes
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Rawlings-Blake wants answers from O'Malley over city jail scandal
The Baltimore SunUPDATE: O'Malley's spokeswoman, Raquel Guillory, said late Wednesday that the governor had a meeting with the mayor and discussed "the history of the case and the formation of the task force." O'Malley thanked Rawlings-Blake for the city's participation...Tags: Black Guerrilla Family, Prisons, Politics, Regional Authority, Prosecution
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Disaster response expert named city transportation chief
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake appointed an executive with a disaster response company Friday to lead Baltimore's Transportation Department at a time when the agency continues to struggle with its speed camera program. Her pick, William Johnson, has...
Tags: Brekford Corp., Local Government, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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