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Good intentions don't create jobs
Baltimore City Council members confused caring about unemployment with abating it by giving preliminary approval to a local hire law last week. The legislation, which requires a final vote and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's signature to become law,...
Tags: Local Government, Business, Marc Steiner, The New York Times, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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City hiring bill is needed
It's very tempting to address each point of The Sun's editorial that suggests Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake reject the local hiring bill ("Noble but flawed idea," May 15). But to do so would miss the larger and more important point that lies at the...
Tags: Employment, Employment Opportunities, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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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: Lawyers, Employment, Poverty, Judges, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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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: Lawyers, Local Government, Judges, Employment Opportunities, Employment
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School reform 2.0
With city schools CEO Andrés Alonso's announcement last week that he is stepping down at the end of this school year, Baltimore finds itself in the market for a new leader who can continue and expand upon the reforms he instituted. Whoever succeeds Mr....
Tags: Corporate Officers, Teachers, Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning
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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: Business, George Nilson, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Employment Opportunities, Laws
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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: Unemployment, Business, Clipper Mill, George Nilson, Employment Opportunities
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Some push for Edwards to be permanent schools CEO
Education observers were split Tuesday on whether the city's school board should launch a nationwide search to replace schools CEO Andrés Alonso or give the job of taking on the district's daunting challenges to his hand-picked successor. Some, such as...
Tags: Harvard University, Nancy Grasmick, Collective Contract, Corporate Officers, Local Government
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Edwards named interim city schools CEO
As city schools CEO Andrés Alonso steps aside, he's turning the system over to a close adviser he's trusted during some of his administration's most trying moments. Alonso's chief of staff, Tisha Edwards, will lead the system through the 2014 school...
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Collective Contract, University of Maryland, College Park, Corporate Officers, Cherry Hill
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Councilwoman challenges city's stormwater fee plan
A city councilwoman is challenging Baltimore's plan to charge businesses some of the highest stormwater fees in the state — and divert some of the money that had gone to Chesapeake Bay cleanup to help fund property tax cuts. Councilwoman Mary...
Tags: Lawyers, Local Government, Judges, Laura Neuman, Taxation
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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: Arcadis NV, House Building, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Suspect in fatal City Hall crash released without charges
A car hurtled off the highway, fatally struck a pedestrian and overturned in front of City Hall and scores of downtown witnesses. A day later, police said the driver had walked free without charges. Despite anger and outrage from those who knew Matt...
Tags: Lawyers, Motorvehicle Accidents, Johns Hopkins University, Judges, Ellicott City
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