The Maryland Senate will consider more than a half-dozen proposals stemming from the last year of work by the Maryland Commission on Economic Development and Business Climate.

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The Maryland Chamber of Commerce is in full gear in preparation for the upcoming legislative session, with an eye on paid sick leave and retirement mandate proposals that are due to get another shot in Annapolis next year . The ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Members of an independent commission met behind closed doors for seven hours and ironed out a framework of proposals for changes to the state’s tax structure, according to the panel’s chairman. The Maryland Economic Development and Business Climate ...

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Maryland's newly minted Commerce secretary says he believes the General Assembly will consider reducing corporate income taxes in the state when it reconvenes early next year.

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ODENTON — Maryland’s economy has become increasingly dependent on federal jobs and has failed to grow the private sector or increase venture capital funding, according to a report by Moody’s Analytics. The report, which was presented Friday afternoon to the ...

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Leaders of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce told a state commission that it could improve the state’s business climate by recommending a number of major tax reforms and coming out squarely against combined tax reporting. The meeting Wednesday before the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A commission tasked with examining how businesses are impacted by Maryland’s tax structure should also consider the benefits businesses reap in the form of state services as it works to develop recommendations, according to some advocates. The Maryland Economic ...

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LARGO — Antiquated tax incentive programs for businesses have not been updated or improved for fear of what would happen once the legislature got involved, according to one top official at the Department of Business and Economic Development. Ursula S. ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A commission charged with making recommendations on improving Maryland’s business climate waded Wednesday into what might be its most difficult challenge: finding ways to make the state’s tax structure more business friendly while not harming other policy priorities. ...

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The new head of the Maryland Department of the Environment is promising better relations with businesses in the state but said environmental groups need not be worried he will be a rubber stamp. Ben Grumbles, Gov. Larry Hogan’s choice to ...

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