COLUMBIA — A Maryland man was arrested and accused of threatening to blow up a federal building and kill elected officials, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said. A press release from the agency said Cody Wolf Gideon Mohr, ...
Read More »Judge rules that New York’s lawsuit seeking NRA’s dissolution can go forward
NEW YORK — A New York judge on Thursday denied the National Rifle Association’s bid to throw out a state lawsuit that seeks to put the powerful gun advocacy group out of business. Judge Joel Cohen’s ruling will allow New ...
Read More »Harford County bond refunding saves $11M over 20 years
Harford County has refunded $13.7 million in Tax Increment Financed bonds at a reduced interest rate, saving more than $11 million over the next 20 years, the county announced Thursday. The bonds, also known as TIF bonds, were refunded Jan. ...
Read More »BMI, WYPR launch Bethlehem Steel podcast
The Baltimore Museum of Industry (BMI) Thursday announced a podcast series set to debut next week exploring the history of Baltimore’s Bethlehem Steel mill and the surrounding community of Sparrows Point. Set to launch Jan. 27, “Sparrows Point: an American ...
Read More »Winter Restaurant & Craft Beverages Week kicks off in Howard County
Howard County’s Winter Restaurant & Craft Beverages Week kicked off Thursday at Walker’s Tap & Table in Glenwood. County Executive Calvin Ball was joined by Restaurant Association of Maryland President/CEO Marshall Weston and Walker’s Tap & Table co-owner Anthony DiGangi ...
Read More »University president in Maryland offers inaugural poet a job
The president of a historically Black university in Maryland was so captivated by inaugural poet Amanda Gorman’s poem during President Joe Biden’s inauguration that he offered her a job — on Twitter. Morgan State University President David Wilson joined the ...
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Read More »M&T Bank Corp. authorizes common stock repurchase program
M&T Bank Corporation, which operates banking offices throughout Maryland, Thursday announced its board of directors authorized a stock repurchase program of up to $800 million of shares of common stock, $0.50 par value per share, on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. ...
Read More »Walker & Dunlop structures $145M for Utah multifamily properties
Bethesda-based commercial real estate finance company Walker & Dunlop, Inc. Wednesday announced it structured $41.4 million in financing for Boulder Canyon Apartments in West Jordan, Utah, $43.8 million in financing for Canyon View Apartments in Orem, Utah, and $60.27 million in financing for the construction of Sugar Alley Apartments in Salt Lake City, Utah. Led ...
Read More »UMGC, Amazon Web Services prep service members for post-military IT careers
Under a new corporate collaboration with University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) and Amazon Web Services (AWS), a group of service members has been going through the Amazon Apprenticeship program since early November. The apprenticeship is a U.S. Department of Labor-certified program ...
Read More »On Day One, Biden seeks to undo Trump policies on immigration, climate, virus
WASHINGTON — In his first hours as president, Joe Biden aimed at the heart of President Donald Trump’s policy legacy, signing a series of executive actions to reverse his predecessor’s orders on immigration, climate change and handling of the coronavirus ...
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