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Maryland Democrats propose tax relief

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Some tax relief is in the legislative forecast in Annapolis.



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Tom Sadowski tapped for economic development role...

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Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore CEO Thomas Sadowski has taken a high-ranking economic development position with the state’s public university system. Sadowski, who has headed the business advocacy group since 2008, is becoming the vice chancellor for economic development at the University System of Maryland. He’ll start May 2 at the public education system, which is made up of a dozen institutions with 163,000 students. Sadowski will serve as the university system’s liaison to the state,…

Thousands of homebrewers will descend on Baltimore...

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Get your growlers, pint and pilsner glasses ready. Thousands of beer enthusiasts will descend on Baltimore June 9 -11 for Homebrew Con, formerly known as the National Homebrewers Conference. The hosts of the three-day convention, the American Homebrewers Association, expect to see 3,200 attendees for the event. This is the third year in the conference’s 38-year history that it will be held in the city. The highlight of the conference is the National Homebrew Competition, which gives out awards…

Plumbers in White Hall MD | Call 410-983-6900

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Bike share program to bring 500 bikes to city

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The Baltimore City Bike Share Program will bring hundreds of bikes and dozens of stations around the city giving people another option for travel, officials announced Wednesday.



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Baltimore bike share to have largest electric...

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Organizers are turning to electric assistance to give Baltimore’s long-delayed bike-share program a jolt. The city’s planned bike share will lean heavily on electric assistance, with 200 of 500 bicycles featuring electric pedal assistance known as pedelec systems, officials said Wednesday. The 200 assisted bicycles will make Baltimore the largest pedelec bike-share system in the Western Hemisphere, according to the company the city selected as the program’s vendor, Bewegen Technologies Inc. Baltimore's…

Mix 106.5, The Fan, other CBS radio stations could...

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CBS Corp. confirmed plans that it will sell or spin off its radio stations, including a group in Baltimore. CBS’ (NYSE: CBS) radio properties in Baltimore are WJZ-AM 1300, WJZ-FM 105.7 “The Fan”, Mix 106.5-FM and WLIF 101.9-FM. CBS CEO Leslie Moonves announced the sale plans during an Investor Day presentation on Tuesday in New York. CBS owns 117 radio stations in 26 markets total, including clusters in big markets such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. CBS…

Baltimore ranks last in Maryland for health, but...

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Baltimore City ranked last — again — among healthiest counties in Maryland, but industry analysts see promise for improved health here. Baltimore showed improvement in premature death, alcohol-impaired death, and air pollution in the 2016 County Health Rankings, released Wednesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. Analysts noted the city’s concentration of primary care doctors and mental health specialists, compared to the rest…

All eyes on Federal Reserve

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All eyes are on Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve.



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Foreign governments dump U.S. debt at record rate

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Foreign governments are dumping U.S. debt like never before



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