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Red Line forum attracts businesses hungry for opportunity
For a construction industry starved for work during recent lean years, the prospect of getting a slice of the $2.6 billion Red Line light rail project was like a dinner bell. Nearly 400 people, from contractors and investment bankers to engineering firms...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering, Technology, Company Privatization, Science and Technology
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Smith appointment subtracts one from ticket speculation
Wednesday's appointment of former Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. as Maryland's secretary of transportation removes one prominent name from the guessing game over who the leading Democratic contenders for governor will choose as their...
Tags: Executive Branch, James T. Smith, Jr., Elections, Government, Baltimore Red Line
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Public works board to consider Md. housing agency move
The state Board of Public Works is expected to vote today on a contract that would clear the way for the Department of Housing and Community Development to move from its park-like campus in Crownsville to a transit hub in Prince George's County. The...
Tags: Laura Neuman, Annapolis, Amtrak, Career and Workplace, Rushern Baker
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MARC: Rolling in the right direction
The Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013 will provide crucially needed funding for improving, expanding and building transportation projects throughout Maryland. Projects critical to continued economic growth throughout Central Maryland...
Tags: Amtrak, Brookings Institution, Fort Meade (military base), Carrollton, Productivity
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MARC to add weekend service to Washington
Maryland's MARC commuter trains, which have always operated Monday through Friday, will begin offering weekend service between Baltimore and Washington on the Penn Line in coming months. The expansion — put on hold in 2008 when the recession hit...
Tags: Amtrak, U.S. Congress, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Carrollton, Cecil County
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Roads, bridges, transit projects announced with gas tax hike
The Baltimore SunThe gas tax increase Gov. Martin O'Malley signed into law Thursday will pay for weekend MARC service between Baltimore and D.C., roads and bridges throughout the state and construction on the Red and Purple lines to begin as soon as 2015. The first...Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Prince George's County, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Maryland presses for federal support in building two light-rail systems
Backed by an affirming legislative session and soon to be flush with transportation money, state officials went to Washington on Monday to assure the administration that Maryland has both the means and the will to build two light rail systems. "Timing is...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology, Company Privatization, Maryland Transit Administration, Prince George's County
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O'Malley to sign public-private partnership bill tomorrow
The Baltimore SunLt. Gov. Anthony Brown said a bill that would allow private companies to help build public works projects will get the governor's signature tomorrow. Lawmakers approved the bill laying out rules for public-private partnerships on Monday afternoon, the...Tags: Executive Branch, Company Privatization, Business Enterprises, Government, Baltimore Red Line
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Gas tax will hurt Md.'s economy
What a sad time for Marylanders. They are going to be subjected to a regressive gas tax that will have an automatic tax accelerator tied to the Consumer Price Index ("Md. Senate approves increase in gas tax," March 30). It is unfair to the gas station...Tags: Public Transportation, Barack Obama, Martin O'Malley, Baltimore Red Line, Baltimore County
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Divided business community misses a chance on gas taxes
When it comes to higher gas taxes, most Maryland businesses agree on one thing: They want a guarantee that the money designated for highway revenues will go to roads and bridges. But when the rubber met the road in the Maryland House of Delegates, some...
Tags: Science and Technology, Annapolis, Petroleum Industry, Maryland General Assembly, Travel
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O'Malley's Maryland gas tax proposal unpopular with Washington County legislators
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comA proposal backed by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley that would raise the state gas tax in July by 3.8 cents per gallon remains unpopular with many Washington County legislators. Under the proposal, the gas tax would increase to 27.3 cents per...Tags: Allegany County, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Travel, Maryland General Assembly, Politics
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Md. House votes to increase taxes on gasoline
Associated PressThe Maryland House of Delegates voted Friday to raise taxes on gasoline sales for the first time in more than two decades. The Housed voted 76-63 to levy a sales tax on gasoline that would amount to about 4 cents a gallon starting this July, another 8...Tags: Montgomery County (Virginia), U.S. Congress, Maryland General Assembly, Petroleum Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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