Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos says he will start a $2 billion charitable fund to help homeless families and open new preschools in low-income neighborhoods.
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Read More »Tony Brandon, president and general manager of Baltimore’s National Public Radio (NPR) station WYPR-FM 88.1, announced Thursday he will retire, effective June 30, 2019. Brandon, who has led WYPR for the past 16 years and was instrumental in the acquisition of the ...
Read More »The Women’s Giving Circle of Harford County has awarded 16 grants in 2018, totaling $54,715, organization officials said Thursday in a release. Over the past eight years, the Women’s Giving Circle has donated more than $309,000 to nonprofits serving women ...
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A retail fuel and convenience store business headquartered in Maryland has closed a deal to buy more stores.
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Hood College received a grant from the National Science Foundation to support new math and technology scholarships.
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India Globalization Capital Inc., a cannabis pharmaceutical business and infrastructure business based in Bethesda, recently raised $1 million from a Hong Kong investment fund.
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Developers leading the $5.5 billion Port Covington development will first deliver the mixed-use Rye Street Market in the newest phase of vertical construction.
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A growing number of Marylanders cannot afford the basics they need to survive despite being employed, a new report from the United Ways of Maryland found. Many of these families struggle to make ends meet but make more than the ...
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Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen has been named the new president of Planned Parenthood. Wen, an emergency room physician by training, has led the city health department since 2015 and has been a leading figure in the fight ...
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The Maryland Tech Council is holding a biotechnology conference next week in Baltimore.
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