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- The benefits of Baltimore's school renovation and repair program must be shared equitably
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Rather than raising the gas tax to pay for transportation projects, Maryland should consider public-private partnerships. - Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal for a public/private partnership to renovate and operate the state's I-95 travel plazas, which comes up for a vote Wednesday, follows the very successful model used at the Port of Baltimore.
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- The second of the two losing bidders on the I-95 travel plaza jobs files a protest with the Maryland Transportation Authority.
- The multi-million dollar contract to turn Maryland's two travel plazas on Interstate 95 over to an out-of-state company is being challenged by a local firm that believes the bidding process favored the eventual winner.
- The two travel plazas on I-95 north of Baltimore will be rebuilt and operated by a private company that will share revenue with the state under a plan approved Monday by the Maryland Transportation Authority board.
- Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake needs to take a step back from her plan to privatize city rec centers amid reports that some vendors would charge fees or provide services for groups very different from the youth who are supposed to be the centers' focus.
- The O'Malley Administration estimates it could raise up to $315 million a year for capital projects through partnerships with the private sector under which they would put up the money for infrastructure and later share in the revenue streams.
- After an academic year in which 45 schools closed for a total of 34½ days due to problems ranging from unbearable heat to carbon monoxide leaks, parents and education advocates say the city's decrepit school facilities should be the central issue in this year's mayoral election.
- Nine months after the agency pulled the plug on its first effort to form a public-private partnership to operate replacements for the aging Maryland House and Chesapeake House, the Maryland Transportation Authority is trying again.
- A reader suggests limiting county workers' benefits rather than privatizing public services
- Frederick County commissioners are shelving a study that recommended outsourcing government services to private businesses.
- The Frederick County Commissioners are shelving a study that recommended outsourcing government services to private businesses.
- State employee union members tried to warn the state of potential problems in the State Highway Administration long ago, but they were ignored.
- Harsh cuts, short time frame for progress could lead to backlash with serious consequences for EU's future
- Privatization of buses a disaster everywhere it's been tried