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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 Opportunities, Employment, Bernard C. Young
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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: Poverty, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Judges
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In a reversal, city to keep newly purchased police helicopter
Eighteen months after Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake voted to approve the purchase of four new helicopters for the Police Department, her proposed budget called for grounding one of them in a cost-saving move. But within days, the administration reversed...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Anthony W. Batts
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BDC recommends Harbor Point's $107 million tax increment financing request
The board of the Baltimore Development Corp. is recommending the city approve a developer's request for $107 million in tax increment financing to pay for roads, utilities and parks for the $1 billion mixed-use Harbor Point development on the waterfront...
Tags: Harbor East, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Finance, Exelon Corp., Baltimore Development Corporation
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Senate panel OKs Baltimore school construction bill
A Senate committee approved legislation Wednesday that would launch a $2.4 billion plan to rebuild aging Baltimore city schools, putting the measure on an apparent fast track toward final passage. The Budget & Taxation Committee cast a bipartisan 13-0...Tags: Michael E. Busch, Maryland Stadium Authority, Government, Executive Branch, Andres Alonso
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City pension system facing $681 million shortfall
The pension system for most city workers has nearly $700 million in unfunded liabilities, according to an audit released Wednesday. In contrast, the smaller system for elected officials — who contribute to their pensions — is in strong...
Tags: Government, Finance, Justice System, Health and Safety at Work, 401K
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Recession changed course of population growth in metro Baltimore
Not too long ago, Carroll County faced a problem: Rapid growth had brought crowded classrooms to the northeastern part of the county, and planners expected many more homes to be built in the area. "At one point, they were 400 kids over capacity at North...Tags: Genesis (music group), Migration, Population and Census, Executive Branch, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Schools for everyone
Baltimore City school officials say the nearly $1.2 billion budget the system unveiled last week will fund a raft of new academic endeavors, among them a new team to upgrade instruction in the sciences to meet the higher standards of the new national...
Tags: Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore City College, Students, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Teaching and Learning
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Baltimore's good-hearted nature is showing
There was an interesting article in The Sun indicating that Baltimore City is gaining residents despite its myriad problems while Carroll County is losing them ("Hard times alter area population patterns," March 24). So much so that the county's new...
Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Migration, Immigration, Local Government, Maryland Dream Act
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Council president plans to use a budget analyst
City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young plans to renew the contract of an independent budget analyst who last year helped to design an alternative proposal to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's budget. Young will ask the city's Board of Estimates...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Government, Civil and Public Service, Bernard C. Young
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Finding ways to trim city budget
Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is trying to craft a budget that will trim expenses and property taxes to encourage an increase to the population ("First step to a better Baltimore," March 21). Reducing excessive city employees is a good...
Tags: Ellicott City
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Speed camera task force members back away from media restriction
The Baltimore SunMembers of the task appointed to oversee Baltimore's beleaguered speed camera program are distancing themselves from a recommendation that the panel "restrain media access" to its deliberations. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the regional head of...Tags: Minor League Baseball, Manufacturing and Engineering, Brekford Corp., Automotive Equipment, Labor Legislation
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