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Baltimore City buildings, including City Hall and numerous other office buildings, have been closed since early 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. - Baltimore's travel and tourism industry is looking to regain its footing after being decimated by the coronavirus crisis. Lockdowns and restrictions on travel and gatherings wiped out business, leading to mass layoffs and loss of tourism-related revenue in Baltimore and other destinations.
- Since 2012, gains by women at Maryland governmental agencies and other state organizations have been limited and uneven, according to a Baltimore Sun review of state employee salaries.
- Michael Harris, whom Roy McGrath recruited to handle finances for the Maryland Environmental Service, said he felt he lacked the authority to question the expenses and merely checked to make sure his boss included receipts with his claims.
- A day after Maryland hospitals said they would start requiring COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of employment, consumer groups, businesses and retail associations in the state said they would not rush to make the same decision.
- Fells Point Main Street, an organization representing businesses and residents in the neighborhood, held its second job fair Wednesday afternoon. The goal was to centralize the area’s many job opportunities, as Fells Point businesses are desperately in need of staff.
- The Baltimore Board of Estimates approved the disclosure and approval policy by a vote of 3-1, with Democratic City Council President Nick Mosby abstaining.
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Dorsey Yearley, a decorated World War II B-24 aircraft pilot who flew in the Pacific theater and was later a broker at the old Alex. Brown and Sons, died June 16. The former Ruxton resident was 106. - Maryland is offering tax breaks and rental help to companies that revitalize vacant commercial spaces through Project Restore, a new program Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday.
- “I’m looking at myself as being a trailblazer and hope that I can pave the way for folks like myself to follow," said Coricka White, the first Black woman to run Domino Sugar's 99-year-old Baltimore facility.
- The potential sale and redevelopment of a building called Area 405 has troubling implications for Baltimore’s arts community, some of those who live and work in Station North say.
- Miranda Nordell, owner of Dreamers & Make-Believers, believes in the power of comics and graphic novels to tell stories that represent real-life situations, she said, adding the visuals allow people to see stories unfold in more intimate and vulnerable ways.
- A Maryland-based firm detailed structural issues at the Florida condo that collapsed last week.
- The consultant who warned that a Miami-area condominium was being weakened by “major structural damage” nearly three years before the building collapsed works for Morabito Consultants, a Maryland-based engineering firm.
- Baltimore's travel and tourism industry is looking to regain its footing after being decimated by the coronavirus crisis. Lockdowns and restrictions on travel and gatherings wiped out business, leading to mass layoffs and loss of tourism-related revenue in Baltimore and other destinations.
- The developer planning a 1,300-unit waterfront community in Baltimore’s Westport has agreed to sell parcels to town house and apartment builders who could start work within a year.
- Chants of “respect the worker’s voice” and “Ho-ho, hey-hey, we deserve response pay!” echoed around the campus of Spring Grove Hospital Center, a state psychiatric facility in Catonsville, on Wednesday afternoon.
- Royal Farms Arena, the aging downtown Baltimore events venue, would be renovated by a global entertainment and investment company with ties to basketball star Kevin Durant under a deal being negotiated by Baltimore Development Corp.
- Rise Above Aerial Arts, a new aerial arts studio offering classes in Columbia and Ellicott City, celebrated its grand opening last weekend by holding free pole fitness classes for women in the community.
- Hammerjacks, the storied Baltimore music venue known for its hard-rock, punk and metal roots, will breathe new life as a multipurpose outdoor tailgating venue and private event space as early as this fall.
- From the street, the white-brick Colonial with the blue shutters doesn’t hint at the expansive rear yard that is a gardener’s dream and was designed by its artist-owner.
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- Johns Hopkins, Baltimore’s largest private employer, will increase the minimum wage at its university and health system to $15 an hour.
- Maryland's state government employees are getting an extra inducement to get vaccinated against the coronavirus: $100 payments.
- Andrew Saul, one of the few remaining holdovers from the Trump administration, said through a spokesman that he intends to lead the Baltimore County-based Social Security Administration until his term ends in 2025.
- The Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 covers disciplinary procedures, body-camera use, access to records of complaints against officers, standards for use of force and no-knock warrants.
- The bills rejected by Republican Gov. Larry Hogan contain some of the most controversial provisions in the sweeping Maryland Police Accountability Act.
- Coming out of the pandemic, the workplace has been forever altered. How have our work lives changed?
- Democratic leaders vowed to overturn the veto before their planned adjournment on Monday.
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- The proposed $10 billion, high-speed maglev train between Baltimore and Washington and a major waterfront housing development planned in the city’s Westport neighborhood are hurtling toward a legal showdown: Both would require the same land.
- From the Mazda MX-5 Miata to the Porsche 911, there are plenty of highly regarded convertibles for you to consider as we head into drop-top weather.
- The latest advance in television broadcasting, with features such as mobile reception, ultra-high-definition video and movie-theater-quality sound, should reach markets covering about half of U.S. households by the end of the year, the CEO of Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group told shareholders.
