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• Maryland

Economist's work for private clients and Baltimore County raises conflict of interest questions

Critics worry Anirban Basu's work for the county and private clients is a conflict of interest.

By Alison Knezevich

Jul 1, 2019

• Opinion

Suburbanites, come back to Baltimore

This plea is made to the suburbanites among us: If you have disengaged from Baltimore City, please consider re-engaging.  My appeal is not based upon vague notions of virtuous acts.  I appeal to nothing other than your self-interest.

• Maryland

Maryland added more jobs in 2018 than any year since 2000, but shutdown's uncertain economic impact looms

Maryland's unemployment rate dropped in December and the state added jobs in 2018, but uncertainty from the federal government shutdown casts a shadow over 2019.

By Meredith Cohn

Jan 18, 2019

• Business

Cecil County expects unprecedented boost from Great Wolf Lodge

Ever since Hollywood Casino Perryville opened in 2010, officials in Cecil County envisioned the 150-acre parcel as an entertainment hub. Now, many believe such development will accelerate, thanks to a close to finalized deal to bring a Great Wolf Lodge to the site.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Dec 20, 2018

• Opinion

Baltimore City Council's 'bold leadership' includes bans on cat and dog sales and sugary drinks

As the homicides mount in Baltimore, the City Council remained focused on the important issues in 2018, including bans on: selling cats and dogs at pet stores, sugary drinks with kids meals and polystyrene foam containers. Imagine the violence if we hadn’t had such bold leadership.

• Maryland

In final capacity report, Sage Policy to recommend new Towson, Lansdowne High Schools

Consultant Sage Policy Group will present its recommendations to the Baltimore County School Board on Tuesday.

By Libby Solomon

Dec 7, 2018

• Business

Amazon's HQ2 in Northern Virginia could boost Maryland's economy, but not so much in Baltimore

Half of Amazon's new headquarters will be stationed in Northern Virginia. Here's how it will affect Maryland and the Greater Baltimore area.

By Sarah Meehan

Nov 13, 2018

• Maryland

Baltimore County consultant considering school facility conditions in possible plans to combat overcrowding

Sage Policy Group, hired by Baltimore County Public Schools to come up with solutions to staunch overcrowding in county high schools, has trimmed from seven to three the number of scenarios, as well as taken into account facility conditions.

By Libby Solomon

Sep 20, 2018

• Maryland

Editorial: Commissioners shouldn't stubbornly halt growth potential in Freedom plan

Growth is rarely popular. However it is a necessity to ensure a community continues to thrive in the future. Like vegetables and medicine to a child, sometimes what is good for you doesn’t always taste particularly good.

• Business

Trump tariffs mean uncertainty for booming Port of Baltimore

The Port of Baltimore is off to a booming start this year, but its business could be deeply affected if President Donald Trump's tariffs lead to an escalating trade war.

By Michael Dresser

Aug 15, 2018

• Commentary

Carter: Parents, stop enabling young people to make bad financial choices

A certain segment of the population, typically young white males, has removed themselves from the labor force statistics. Not only are they not working, they aren’t actively seeking work either. Economists blame video games, but its something else that's enabling this behavior.

• Politics

Maryland-based companies would get tax break under bill sent to Hogan

Maryland-based companies would get a tax break under legislation that was approved by the General Assembly this week.

By Michael Dresser

Apr 13, 2018

• Baltimore's Best

25 ways to make Baltimore better: Suggestions from Aaron Maybin, Leana Wen and more

We asked 25 people from the Baltimore area about ways to improve the community. Here’s what they said.

By Brittany Britto

Apr 13, 2018

• Sports

Under Armour absence creates void at Preakness as infield ticket sales also lag

Preakness Stakes organizers hope to fill an Under Armour sized void in the infield after the Baltimore brand decided not to do an infield hospitality tent.

• Politics

$3B tax break for Amazon HQ2 in Montgomery County pushed as economic boom for all of Maryland

Gov. Larry Hogan administration's made its case to state lawmakers Wednesday for a $3 billion package of tax breaks and other incentives to woo HQ2, the secondary Amazon headquarters for which Montgomery County is competing.

By Scott Dance

Feb 28, 2018

• Business

Baltimore not among Amazon HQ2 finalists; Montgomery County makes cut

Baltimore is out of the running for Amazon’s second headquarters, the company announced Thursday. However, Maryland’s Montgomery County is among the 20 finalists.

By Pamela Wood

Jan 18, 2018

• Business

Amazon executive once led Montgomery County's economic development group

Holly Sullivan, an Amazon executive involved in the search for the company's second headquarters, once led Montgomery County's economic development group. Montgomery County was one of the 20 locations named as finalists.

By Doug Donovan

Jan 18, 2018

• Business

Economists optimistic on outlook for Maryland, U.S. in 2018

Baltimore economist Anirban Basu said he is optimistic about the economy in 2018, but hinted at a breaking point in the years ahead.

By Sarah Gantz

Jan 5, 2018

• Maryland

Baltimore school enrollment falls to a 10-year low

Baltimore City Schools has launched a task force aimed at stemming the loss of students.

By Talia Richman

Dec 21, 2017

• Maryland

Baltimore County officials, residents debate merits of Towson Row deal

Members of the Baltimore County Council heard hours of debate Tuesday over whether to give nearly $43 million in financial assistance to the developers of the stalled Towson Row project.

By Pamela Wood

Dec 12, 2017

• Entertainment

Netflix suspends 'House of Cards' Season 6 production amid Spacey allegations

Production on Season 6 of “House of Cards’ has been suspended, Netflix and Media Rights Capital, the production company that makes the series, announced today.

• Features

Netflix says 'House of Cards' will end after sixth season, addresses Kevin Spacey allegations

Netflix has announced that it’s ending “House of Cards” after its upcoming sixth season. The news came amid sexual misconduct allegations made against Kevin Spacey, actor and star of the political drama.

By Brittany Britto

Oct 30, 2017

• Food & Drink

Food truck owners challenge '300-foot rule' at trial

Two food truck owners took the witness stand in Baltimore City Circuit Court on Thursday, seeking to overturn a rule that prohibits them from operating near brick-and-mortar restaurants.

By Sarah Meehan

Sep 29, 2017

• Business

Howard County to pitch Columbia for Amazon HQ2

Howard County to pitch Columbia for Amazon HQ2

By Sarah Gantz

Sep 28, 2017

• Politics

Prince George's joins Baltimore in competing for Amazon headquarters

Maryland's Republican governor pitched Baltimore as the best spot for Amazon's headquarters. A Democratic rival has pitched Prince George's County.

• Business

Jobs in services, computers, health care biggest gainers in Maryland since the Great Recession

Jobs in services, computers, health care saw biggest gains in state since recession.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Sep 3, 2017

• Business

Maryland adds 800 jobs in July

Maryland added 800 jobs in July as the state’s unemployment rate continued to tick downward.

By Sarah Gantz

Aug 18, 2017

• Business

Center Club elects new president, board members

The Center Club, the members-only business and dining club, elected a former IBM executive as its president and six new board members, the group announced Monday.

By Carrie Wells

Jul 10, 2017

• Maryland

Caves Valley Golf Club, exclusive as ever, survived changing corporate landscape

Created with a goal of enhancing Baltimore's prestige and ability to attract businesses to the region, Caves Valley Golf Club has weathered waves of national corporate consolidations and relocations that thinned the pool of prospective members. Many of the companies whose leaders were instrumental in the Owings Mills club's 1991 opening have long since been acquired by others.

By Jeff Barker

Jul 9, 2017

• Opinion

An economist offers advice for Baltimore's mayor

The importance of restoring confidence in and within city government cannot be overstated. I continue to believe that if Baltimore City is unable to begin to solve its most pressing problems of crime, physical decay, schools and taxes, bankruptcy is forthcoming. Baltimore has been losing population even with the influx of young professionals in their 20s. Imagine what happens if and when they begin to move out once they reach their 30s.

• Business

Union Craft expansion adds to growing economic impact of craft makers in Baltimore

Breweries, distilleries and other elixir mixers are a growing economic force in Baltimore. They're adding jobs, energizing neighborhoods, boosting tourism and, city leaders and economists say, are an important aspect of reviving manufacturing in Baltimore.

• Baltimore City

City officials push to keep Preakness in Baltimore — and at Pimlico

As Baltimore officials argue to keep the Preakness Stakes in the city, they say they won't abandon the longtime site of the marquee race in Park Heights in favor of another city location.

By Jeff Barker

May 18, 2017

• Preakness 2017:

Shifting the Preakness from Pimlico to Laurel Park might not be such a long shot

If nobody pays for a rebuild or significant renovation at Pimlico Race Course, we could soon see serious debate about moving the Preakness to Laurel Park.

By Childs Walker

May 17, 2017

• Business

Orioles payments to stadium authority exceed original cost of Camden Yards

Twenty-five years after Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened, the Orioles have paid the state $255 million in rent and admission taxes — more than the stadium's sticker price — and state officials say Maryland got a good deal even as it continues to spend $15 million a year to pay off the bonds.

By Jeff Barker

Apr 17, 2017

• Opinion

Roughly Speaking podcast: On being Sikh or Muslim in Trump's America (episode 232)

Dan's guest is racial justice activist and writer Deepa Iyer, who speaks in Baltimore April 18 for the Pratt Library's Writers LIVE series.

• Opinion

A belated thank you to African Americans

Nothing has left me feeling more aggrieved than the sudden realization that in much of America, I will never be more than a second class citizen. All of a sudden, being of Indian descent and brown-skinned feels like a disadvantage. It never felt quite like this before.

• Maryland

Baltimore population falls, nearing a 100-year low, U.S. Census says

Baltimore's population fell by 6,700 people in the 12 months that ended July 2016, as the number of people leaving the city for other parts of the U.S. doubled, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday.

By Natalie Sherman

Mar 23, 2017

• Business

Maryland looks to boost business incentives

The Hogan administration is asking the General Assembly for more power to attract companies to Maryland — and to keep those that are here from leaving.

By Natalie Sherman

Mar 4, 2017

• Preakness Stakes

Renovating Pimlico Race Course would cost around $300M, study says

Pimlico Race Course needs to be redeveloped at a cost between $250 million and $320 million to assure the 147-year-old north Baltimore facility remains a suitable home for the Preakness but questions loom about who might pay for it.

• Business

Renovating Pimlico Race Course would cost around $300M, study says

It would cost $300 million to renovate Pimlico Race Course, according to a widely anticipated study to be released Friday afternoon by the Maryland Stadium Authority.

• Politics

Environmentalists propose strict new measures to curb Maryland forest loss

Environmentalists are pushing for a strict new rule to force developers to plant an acre of trees for each one cut down.

By Erin Cox

Feb 13, 2017

• Maryland

Baltimore leads state in growth

Baltimore's property wealth has grown at an average rate of 5.2 percent since 2014, according to state budget analysts, doubling the 2.6 percent growth for the state.

By Luke Broadwater

Feb 4, 2017

• Business

Trump imposes hiring freeze for federal workers, worrying Maryland

In one of his first acts, President Donald J. Trump on Monday declared a hiring freeze for non-military federal workers, fulfilling a key campaign promise in what could be the first step toward a broader downsizing of the government workforce.

• Business

New Amazon distribution center in Cecil County brings hope to corridor

The announcement this week that Amazon would built a new distribution center in Cecil County brought hopes that the warehouse could help revive the Northeast Maryland Interstate 95 corridor's historic distribution stronghold.

By Carrie Wells

Jan 18, 2017

• Politics

Politics aside, blue state Maryland prepares for inauguration of Trump

On inauguration day next week, Pearl Umberger will don her ceremonial uniform, medals, cap and white gloves and march with her Air Force Honor Guard unit escorting the motorcade of America's 45th president from the Capitol to the White House.

By Jeff Barker

Jan 13, 2017

• Business

Basu: Maryland should push Howard Street Tunnel in infrastructure-friendly Trump administration

Maryland should take advantage of President-elect Donald J. Trump's interest in infrastructure and push projects that can elevate the state's economic standing, such as renovating the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore, said Anirban Basu, an economist and CEO of Sage Policy Group.

By Sarah Gantz

Jan 6, 2017

• Business

Maryland's unemployment rate holds at 4.2 percent, despite little job growth

Momentum in Maryland's labor market appears to be sputtering, as the state's employers added just 100 jobs in November, making for the fifth month in a row with little or no job growth.

By Natalie Sherman

Dec 16, 2016

• Business

Study says Maryland horse industry is rebounding, 'still healing'

After years of decline, Maryland's horse industry has rebounded and is generating $1.1 billion a year – 23 percent more than in 2010, a new study says.

By Jeff Barker

Nov 21, 2016

• Business

Tradepoint Atlantic considers seeking government funding

An economist hired by Tradepoint Atlantic suggests creating a public-private partnership to spend more than $100 million on upgrading infrastructure to boost the company's redevelopment of the old Sparrows Point steel mill.

By Pamela Wood

Nov 3, 2016

• Business

Economists see mixed signs in Maryland's September jobs report

Maryland payrolls declined sharply in August, but recovered some ground last month, according to new estimates the U.S. Labor Department released Friday.

By Natalie Sherman

Oct 21, 2016