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Two developers say they are planning to submit bids Friday to operate a casino in Western Maryland, and the head of the state slots commission said there are "multiple people interested" in the Baltimore slots license.

She has served out the final 19 months of her predecessor's scandal-shortened term. But with her Democratic primary win on Tuesday, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has won the chance to shape the office and her leadership style in her own vision.

The Maryland slots licensing commission's decision to delay bidding on a city slots parlor by two months may actually be a good sign.

State officials agreed Wednesday to extend the bidding deadline for the Baltimore slots license by nearly two months, a move that delays the selection process until after the city's contested mayoral primary in September.

City officials have agreed to pay a local development team $1.2 million to settle a 2007 deal on land slated for the Baltimore slots casino, clearing one of the last legal hurdles before the site can be developed.

The Greater Baltimore Committee's plan for an expansion of the convention center and a new hotel and arena ignores the need to revitalize the city's neighborhoods

Stadium authority wants Baltimore City to pick up part of the cost

Greater Baltimore Committee head Don Fry says city needs to build for growth as a tourist and conference destination

Jay Hancock: Willard Hackerman and his partners aren't in this for charity. The case for doubling convention-center space in Baltimore is not inarguable. Even if the project makes sense and gets built, it raises new questions about downtown development and taxpayer investment.

If Baltimore manages to build the $900 million convention center expansion and arena proposed for the Inner Harbor, business and civic leaders say, the city will join a growing list of destinations competing to woo lucrative convention business with bigger, better facilities.

Proposed downtown arena gets private financing commitment.

Sculptural bridge, light shows, waterfront park proposed for Inner Harbor shoreline

After two unsuccessful attempts to transform the debt-ridden Rocky Gap Lodge in a profit generating casino, Maryland lawmakers are considering a package of financial incentives to slash the tax rate and erase millions in fees in an attempt to attract a bidder.

Coming up on its 50th year, Baltimore's 1st Mariner Arena is still pulling in the big acts, despite near-constant calls that it needs to be replaced by something bigger and fancier

State slots commissioners are urging lawmakers to loosen the requirements for prospective developers of the casino at Rocky Gap in Western Maryland, which has proved the least attractive of the five sites approved for slot machine gambling.