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Arundel $1.35 billion budget proposal includes property tax reduction, additional police
When Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman unveiled her proposed $1.35 billion county budget on Thursday, she described it as a package that reduced the county's property tax rate "without cutting essential services or depleting our savings." But in a political year that has already seen sharp barbs between Neuman and her opponent for the Republican nomination for county executive, Del. Steve Schuh, the tax rate issue immediately drew a rebuke from Schuh, who called the cut "inadequate and misleading." Neuman's proposed budget decreases the property tax rate from 95 cents per $100 of assessed value to 94.3 cents. Under Neuman's proposal, the local...
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Arundel $1.35 billion budget proposal includes property tax reduction, additional police
When Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman unveiled her proposed $1.35 billion county budget on Thursday, she described it as a package that reduced the county's property tax rate "without cutting essential services or depleting our...
Head of mayor's IT office put on paid leave
The head of the Mayor's Office of Information Technology has been placed on paid leave indefinitely as Baltimore's inspector general investigates allegations that the department made payments to contractual employees for work they may not have...
Harford school officials concerned over lack of capital funding
Harford County Public Schools officials are working with their counterparts across the state to find "alternative" and "creative" methods to raise money for badly-needed capital repairs that, in some cases, could get local school...
Uncertainty of future shutdown could dampen holiday spending
Though the federal government shutdown ended last week, the economic impact is likely to be felt in Maryland for months, dimming prospects for a robust holiday shopping season.
With Congress funding the government only through Jan. 15 — raising the...
Details about Edward Snowden's life in Maryland emerge
Edward Joseph Snowden, the government contractor who revealed the National Security Agency's massive telephone- and Internet-surveillance program, has left few public clues about his life growing up in Crofton and Ellicott City.
Snowden, 29, attended...
Help for firms vying for a piece of the federal budget
Catonsville-based Alpha Omega Technologies performs work for one federal agency, and it wants more contracts — a daunting goal for a small company in a time of tight budgets.
But the head of the 25-person software firm thinks he has a leg up after months...
Sequestration puts Howard business community 'on edge'
With less than a week to go until the federal government's March 1 deadline to reach an agreement avoiding a set of spending cuts known as sequestration, Howard County's business community is in the dark about its potential impact.
Pam Klahr, president...
Aiming high in federal contracting
As federal agencies pull back on spending, 7Delta's strategy is thinking big.
The Columbia information technology firm, which grew by focusing on work for one federal agency, is going after larger contracts and broadening its reach. It's a...
Harford to spend $1.9 million on government facilities master plan
Harford County is undertaking a nearly $2 million comprehensive review of county-owned and operated facilities, a review that involves 184 public buildings, including schools, libraries, Harford Community College, volunteer fire companies and general...
Annapolis-based aviation firm Arinc sold for $1.39 billion
Rockwell Collins' $1.39 billion acquisition of Arinc likely will have some impact on the aerospace technology firm's 900 Anne Arundel County employees, but what that might be remained unclear Monday.Rockwell Collins Inc. announced Sunday that it would buy...
Federal poultry regulations relaxed in spending law
Farming advocates are pressing Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski to reverse a little-noticed measure approved by Congress last month that rescinded tough new rules on the poultry industry — a move that has strained the already rocky relationship between...
Aid having little impact in Harford [Editorial]
The recently released results showing how Harford County Public Schools did on the Maryland High School Assessment tests, on the whole, show local public schools are what they've been for many years: very effective.
A closer look quickly reveals the...
Services suspended, offices closed, workers sent home
Workers at Fort McHenry emerged shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday to post the sign: "Closed until further notice. No Entry. No trespassing."Over the next hour, joggers and cyclists pulled up to the gate, stopped, read the notice and turned around....
The shutdown's forgotten victims: Government contractors
In a city where government contracts make up a multi-billion dollar industry, it is surprising that with the exception of a couple of articles that received moderate attention, the mainstream media has largely ignored the impact of the shutdown on federal...
Furloughed and forgotten
As a government contractor who was sent home without back pay, I really appreciated your article on our plight ("The shutdown's forgotten victims: Government contractors," Oct. 14).
I haven't seen any other articles about the contractors. I'm...
Md. gains 8,900 jobs in November, Labor Dept. says
Maryland gained 8,900 jobs in November, the federal government estimated Friday — a decidedly up month in an up-and-down year held back by Washington budget cuts.Better job growth after a difficult few months pushed the state's unemployment rate to 6.4...
Labor Department: Maryland added 25,000 jobs in 2011
Maryland employers added nearly 25,000 jobs last year, according to new estimates — the best performance since 2006, but one that still leaves the state with more than 80,000 jobs to make up, given the recession's losses. At this rate of employment...
Building contracts awarded for statewide broadband network
A group of local governments in Central Maryland awarded contracts this week to four companies that will help build a high-speed broadband Internet system in the state to improve communications among public agencies, as well as upgrade...
District 9: Christopher Taylor
1. Please describe your educational and professional background and how it has prepared you to serve on the City Council.
I bring a wealth of experience to my campaign for the 9th District City Council seat. As an educator, small business...
Lawmakers approve withholding fix for contractors
Government contractors applauded congressional action Wednesday to repeal a federal law that would have postponed millions of dollars in payments to Maryland companies, potentially wounding the region's fragile economy.In a rare display of bipartisanship,...
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