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Gail Bates, a West Friendship Republican and longtime member of the Maryland House of Delegates, announced on Tuesday, July 16, a run for the state Senate.

I wish Senator Nancy Jacobs a wonderful retirement, and thank her for her lifetime of service.

David E. Traub, who photographed Baltimore for nearly six decades for the postcard and tourist souvenir business he founded, died of cancer complications Monday at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Slade Avenue resident was 91.

Members of Aberdeen's Salary Task Force didn't exactly get what they had requested for their meeting Monday – salaries for elected officials in comparable municipalities.

On July 1, Catonsville resident Rebecca Dongarra became the fifth candidate in the race for one of three seats in the House of Delegates for the new District 12

Maryland institutions have increased their lending to small business under a federal program by nearly $337.7 million since the low point of the recession, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Tuesday.

Baltimore leaders approved a 42 percent water rate increase over three years despite an audit showing the Department of Public Works could manage priorities with less cash.

The Affordable Care Act's business mandate could have unintended consequences, but the answer is reform, not another GOP effort to repeal the entire law.

The Carroll Business Path, announced in January 2012 by the Board of Carroll County Commissioners and launched four months later, has met with more than 250 prospective entrepreneurs exploring their chances of launching a start-up in Carroll County.

Maryland has begun lining up key organizations to help educate and enroll people in insurance plans under health reform as the Obama administration launches a national outreach campaign.

Ellicott City business owner and Republican Carol Loveless has filed to run for a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates representing the newly drawn District 9B in 2014

Attorney General Douglas Gansler called on state legislators Tuesday to cap insurance rate increases to 5 percent until health reform is instituted.

Del. Ron George, a two-term Anne Arundel County lawmaker and Annapolis Main Street jeweler, will take the political leap of his life Wednesday night as he announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor in 2014.

HAVRE DE GRACE — Harford County Executive David R. Craig on Monday launched his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor in 2014, betting that he can overcome the suspicions of the far right of his party and the Democrats' 2-1 registration advantage in Maryland.

Proposal for infrastructure bank is flawed if it allows big corporations to profit from offshore tax avoidance schemes

A freight train smacked into a truck carrying garbage and careened off the tracks in Rosedale Tuesday afternoon, triggering an explosion felt throughout the region and sending up a plume of black smoke visible for miles.

Obamacare won't wreck the economy, but partisan warfare will

Anne Arundel Economic Development Corp. on Wednesday will kick-off a new small business loan fund that will lend $3.36 million in Maryland.

Hardware store should rethink decision to toss hot dog stands

Annapolis company's head was named Entrepreneurial Success of the Year in April by the U.S. Small Business Administration

Peter Morici says taxing Internet sales is a matter of fairness, but more small businesses should be excluded

The head of the U.S. Department of Labor is visiting Baltimore Tuesday to talk to low-wage workers about President Barack Obama's proposal to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9.

Cal Thomas writes that the Marketplace Fairness Act promotes not more fairness but more taxing and spending.

Laurel has undergone many changes since the 1980s, but one thing has remained consistent over the years: the Laurel Board of Trade's annual Main Street Festival. This year's Main Street Festival, the 33rd one overall, will be held on Saturday, May 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Martin O'Malley, as President, will do to America what he has done to Maryland.

Robert Reich writes that Republicans are undermining government programs by failing to enforce or implement them.

Employers in Maryland and across the U.S. face a deadline Wednesday that some may not know exists but that could prove costly if ignored.

Hackers pose a serious threat to U.S. small business

Small businesses would be protected from the type of tax fraud allegedly committed by Harford County payroll firm AccuPay under legislation being proposed by Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski.

Howard County legislators said last week they believe the General Assembly will have to make adjustments in 2014 to a state-mandated stormwater management fee imposed on Howard County and nine other Maryland jurisdictions.

The Great Gourmet is Kimberly Scott's way of introducing the world to Maryland Seafood. Her Eastern Shore company sells crab cakes, oysters and clams to the wholesale and retail markets.

The Maryland Small Business and Technology Development Center, Central Region, is offering a three-hour course, Smart Start Your Business - Howard County, Thursday, May 2, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at the Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship, 9250 Bendix Road, North, in Columbia.

The state's largest health insurer has proposed raising rates an average of 25 percent for those who buy through the individual market to help cover the cost of more sick people entering the pool under health reform.

Eric E. McLauchlin, of Shaffer, McLauchlin & Stover in Bel Air, has been selected as the 2013 Maryland Attorney Advocate of the Year, the U.S. Small Business Administration's Baltimore District Office announced

Stormwater fee will hurt small business

Mikulski should oppose proposed new rules regarding Individual Retirement Accounts

As federal agencies pull back on spending, 7Delta's strategy is thinking big. The Columbia IT firm is going after larger contracts, a diversification tactic that other federal contractors at the smaller end of the scale are trying, too: Expansion in a time of retrenchment.

Sen. Ben Cardin lamented snowballing damage from federal budget cuts in town hall meetings with federal workers and small business leaders Friday, pledging to work toward an alternative budget solution by October.

They believe that "below the belt" pay-back politics, which the governor is using against Harford County, should be another opportunity to take a cheap shot and blame the Delegation.

Harford County Del. Mary-Dulany James said Tuesday she has received an pledge from the state comptroller that he will not to penalize businesses who have become victims of alleged financial fraud by a the Bel Air payroll company Accu-Pay.

The Maryland Senate could vote as early as Wednesday on a bill that would qualify more Marylanders for government health care and pay for a new health insurance marketplace, both part of advancing the rollout of federal health reform.

Small businesses will pay much more than average consumers for Gov. Martin O'Malley's gas tax increase, and they will pass those costs on through higher prices.

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.

HHS secretary Sebelius says Marylanders are benefiting from the ACA, three years after its passage

Offering farmers a 10-year exemption from water pollution regulations in exchange for voluntary cooperation is a risky idea

Annual event on Catonsville campus of Community College of Baltimore County

Raising gas taxes will harm Maryland's economy and unfairly burden motorists

Joe Mechlinski, CEO and co-founder of Canton-based management consulting firm entreQuest, released his first book, "Grow Regardless: Of Your Business' Size, Your Industry or the Economy…and Despite the Government."