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Opponents and supporters of a proposed utility merger involving Baltimore Gas and Electric parent Exelon Corp. began a calculated dance before Maryland regulators this week, with some hoping to sink the deal and others hoping to sweeten it.

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

One thing's certain about the Maryland General Assembly session that opens Wednesday: it will be dominated by a budget fight. Otherwise, the 435th session of the legislature is unpredictable.

Gov.-elect Larry Hogan has chosen a prominent Baltimore-area entrepreneur and investment banker to lead the agency charged with fulfilling Hogan's core campaign promise to attract more business and jobs to Maryland.

Before judging Pepco merger, consider the job Exelon has done so far in Maryland

With Maryland's long campaign for governor now over, the unexpected election of Republican businessman Larry Hogan has given rise to an intense new campaign now just beginning: The jockeying among advocates and interest groups for attention, jobs and influence in a rare GOP administration.

Hogan gains endorsement of small-business group

Jim Perdue says he has no voice in Maryland yet the evidence suggests otherwise

A diverse coalition of businesses groups, organized labor and transit advocates is coming together to urge Maryland voters to put a constitutional "lockbox" on state transportation funds, making it harder for governors and the General Assembly to divert the money to other purposes.

A growing movement of workers — and their supporters in Annapolis and Washington — wants to make paid family leave universal.

Gap Inc. brands ¿ Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Piperlime, Athleta and Intermix ¿ are among a growing group of major U.S. retailers now paying more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour for entry-level employees.

Maryland's economy has grown almost without fail in the last quarter century, ticking up year after year. But 2013 was not among them.

The Maryland Chamber of Commerce said Tuesday that it has picked Brien Poffenberger, the head of a chamber in Western Maryland, to succeed its retiring CEO.

Merritt Properties now employs about 160 people and boasts the largest privately held commercial real estate portfolio in the state with 16 million square feet of space – much of it in warehouses—in 70 locations across the Baltimore/Washington region.

E. Brent Snodgrass, Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s former regional director of public and political affairs who later established a public relations firm in Florida, died April 1 of complications from dementia at his Tampa home. He was 85.

Maryland's employment base shrank by nearly 10,000 jobs in January and grew at a much weaker pace last year than originally estimated, the federal government said Monday.

Baltimore's City Council voted unanimously Monday to ban employers from asking about a job applicant's criminal record until after making a conditional job offer — a sweeping requirement that supporters say will make it easier for ex-convicts to get jobs.

Facing criticism from Baltimore and nearby counties over high drug bills, doctors who prescribe marked-up medication under Maryland's workers' compensation system have proposed capping their prescription fees.

Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown, a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, accused one of his rivals Wednesday of taking a Republican stance on a proposal to cut the state's corporate income tax.

Announcing their first-ever joint agenda, the Democratic leaders of the General Assembly said Friday they will work together to pass legislation aimed at improving Maryland's business climate and boosting the state's economy.

The head of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce will retire this summer after nearly 15 years at the helm, the business group said Monday.

A push is underway in Baltimore to stop employers from asking whether a job candidate has a criminal record during the initial application process, as part of a national movement to "ban the box" that former convicts are asked to check on applications.

With momentum building for higher hourly pay in Maryland, Rep. John K. Delaney, a co-sponsor of a federal minimum wage bill and a former CEO, urged Baltimore-area business leaders Thursday to have a voice in a measure he said is long overdue

Sensing an election-year push to cut taxes in Maryland, advocates of environmental, health and social service programs are plotting to ensure that that doesn't happen.

Roughly half of Maryland employers will see their unemployment insurance tax drop by about 70 percent next year, the result of the state's rebound from recession, the governor said Wednesday.

Robert Lamont Tate, who founded two industrial manufacturing businesses and was a former president of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, died of heart disease Oct. 5 at his Sarasota, Fla., home. The former Ruxton resident was 89.

Alan and Lois Elkin chat about their Cockeysville company, Advance Business Systems, as it nears 50.

Momentum appears to be building to raise the minimum wage in Maryland, with key politicians recently announcing support to increase hourly pay to at least $10 an hour.

Harford County Chamber of Commerce announced today that Pamela J. Klahr, CCE, has been named president and CEO. She begins her new position September 9.

Newspaper is too quick to dismiss the idea of starting Maryland schools after Labor Day

John T. Menzies III, chairman of The Terminal Corp. and founder, president and chairman of American Logistics Network, died Saturday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after being injured in an accident at his Arnold home. He was 69.

Maryland's deteriorating infrastructure could receive a boost from private investor dollars, thanks to legislation passed Monday designed to enhance public-private partnerships.

Companies would have to adjust the duties of women who can't perform their normal jobs because they are pregnant, under the legislation that also passed the House of Delegates last month.

Companies would have to adjust the duties of women who can't perform their normal jobs because they are pregnant, under legislation pending in the Maryland General Assembly.

A bill introduced in the Maryland Senate Thursday would create a commission to look into regulating payroll service companies in the wake of allegations of fraud at AccuPay of Bel Air.

The Maryland General Assembly on Tuesday approved a new program that would distribute $2.5 million in state grants each year to train workers for high-demand industries.