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A Westminster woman was charged for the third time in one week after an officer tried to arrest her for an outstanding warrant.

Carroll County's Board of Commissioners took a preliminary look at possible legislative requests at its Thursday meeting.

The Maryland Senate approved a bill Friday that would extend $37.5 million in tax credits to Northrop Grumman if the giant defense contractor maintains 10,000 jobs in the state.

By Michael Dresser

Apr 8, 2016

Northrop Grumman Corp would receive millions over the next five years in an incentive pushed by the Hogan administration, on top of $20 million lawmakers already intend to award the defense contractor for staying in Maryland.

By Erin Cox

Apr 6, 2016

Harford County raised $45 million in "new money" to fund ongoing capital projects and $74.08 million to refinance a portion of debt through bond sales Tuesday.

Move to debit and credit cards instead of cash would mean crime would no longer pay — or at least it could be easily traced

The natural gas extraction method known as "fracking" would be banned in Maryland until October 2017 under legislation approved Monday night by the Maryland Senate.

Senators approve ban on powdered alcohol sales

A Baltimore County councilman is proposing a moratorium on new housing in part of Perry Hall until the county pays for a number of projects, including building an elementary school and designating land for a new high school.

By Pamela Wood

Apr 6, 2015

Gov. Larry Hogan's education tax credit invites state support of discrimination.

Ahead of a planned $115 million bond sale next week, Harford County has received Triple-A credit ratings from three national rating agencies.

A bill that could grant a tax break to neighbors of Baltimore County¿s landfill in White Marsh passed the House Tuesday, over opposition from County Executive Kevin Kamenetz.

By Timothy B. Wheeler

Mar 31, 2015

A Westminster woman received probation before judgment Monday for her role in stealing a woman's purse and car last year.

Proposed tax credit for businesses that donate money to help K-12 students would benefit private and public schools alike

Sun was right to endorse 3-year moratorium on fracking in Western Maryland

The executive director of the Maryland Council on Economic Education talks about the nonprofit organization's programs to teach financial literacy to students, and offers some household financial advice of her own

By Arthur Hirsch

Mar 27, 2015

Hydraulic fracturing is not worth the risk to human health, the environment and the economy of Western Maryland

Should a voluntary ban, reached last week, on selling powdered alcohol in Maryland be made official through a moratorium?

Risks posed to Western Maryland are too great to allow hydraulic fracturing now

Public health officials, Annapolis lawmakers and the beverage and beer industry have joined together to ban the sale of powdered alcohol before it even hits the market in Maryland.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Mar 26, 2015

Both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly separately passed measures Tuesday that mark the most aggressive action the legislature has taken to curb natural gas extraction in the state.

Legislation to temporarily ban the use of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas in Maryland is the prudent choice under the circumstances

Howard County has received the highest possible credit rating an 18th time.

A Westminster man is charged with credit card fraud for allegedly stealing the cards of multiple people and using them to purchase electronics and other items at Westminster stores.

Stop fracking in Md. before your water starts tasting like licorice

When I testified in Annapolis to support the proposed Angel Investor Tax Credit, my panel was asked a not wholly unexpected question: Why should a bunch of investors get a tax credit when they voluntarily back high-risk companies with the hope of receiving tremendous profits? The operative word is "hope." Startup failure hovers around 80 to 85 percent. As a board member of the Baltimore Angels, when my colleagues and I recruit people to join and ask them to put their money behind local startups,

County Executive Kevin Kamenetz has a point about a tax credit bill but blows it through cynical manipulation.

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz is threatening to eliminate school construction projects if state lawmakers grant a small tax break to homeowners who live near a county landfill.

Two Republican lawmakers want to put a moratorium on standardized testing for students in second grade or lower, arguing youngsters are over-tested and losing enthusiasm for school.

By Erin Cox

Mar 5, 2015

Despite the dire warnings sounded about the financial health of Havre de Grace's water and sewer funds in recent years, Mayor Wayne Dougherty told members of the City Council Monday that he expects enough money to come in from capital cost recovery fees during the next 20 years to cover tens of millions of dollars in projected debt and infrastructure costs and potentially lower the recovery fee.

Personal finance company Springleaf Holdings is buying Citigroup's OneMain Financial for $4.25 billion.

Old Town Laurel column provides a look back at shop owners financial practices in the town before credit cards. The columnist highlights Charlie Donaldson who ran a grocery store on Montgomery Street. Charlie Donaldson died Feb. 16, 2015.

A Westminster man faces credit card fraud charges for allegedly using another person's bank check card around Westminster on Feb. 3.

At age 17, Amara Majeed has written a book and blogs for CNN and the Huffington Post

By Mary Carole McCauley

Feb 22, 2015

In a time of widespread bank consolidation and a shrinking number of minority-owned banks, the bank Joseph Haskins Jr. helped found 33 years ago is becoming rarer.

By Carrie Wells

Feb 22, 2015

Baltimore-based money management firm T. Rowe Price announced Thursday a special cash dividend of $2 a share in addition to a quarterly dividend of 52 cents a share.

By Carrie Wells

Feb 19, 2015

Havre de Grace's water and sewer fund remains in financial trouble as city officials and Water and Sewer Commission members look for ways to raise enough revenue to operate the municipal utilities and pay down a $27 million debt incurred to expand the wastewater treatment plant.

Harford County Executive Barry Glassman is considering refinancing up to $70 million of the county's outstanding bond debt.

A Manchester man is charged with multiple counts of using a credit card of another without authorization and is being held without bond at the Carroll County Detention Center.

This week's reversal on college savings plans demonstrates both the challenge of financing higher education and of finding support for broader tax reforms

A Baltimore woman who conspired with her husband to use fraudulently obtained credit card numbers to make more than $100,000 in purchases was given less than six months to make significant restitution payments or she faces 60 days in jail.

A Baltimore woman entered a plea Tuesday for opening a fraudulent credit card account and charging items at a Westminster department store.

A Westminster man wanted for failing to appear for multiple cases in Carroll County was arrested Monday and charged in two additional cases of identity fraud and theft.

Developer David Tufaro, of Roland Park, is redeveloping an old mill on the Jones Falls in Hampden as a multi-use housing, retail and office center, a Belvedere Square-style market, and a 150-seat restaurant in the old boiler room.

Business advocates said they were relieved that cuts to Maryland economic development programs weren't deeper in Gov. Larry Hogan's first budget.

By Scott Dance

Jan 25, 2015

Voters liked Governor Hogan's promises for cutting state spending and taxes during the campaign, but they may not all prove so attractive when their implications become real

State-of-the-Union plan to raise capital gains and inheritance taxes on the most affluent Americans while reducing taxes for the middle class should provoke a much-needed conversation