The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee has unanimously approved a 35-year plan to leverage state money to pay for renovation and construction of Baltimore schools.

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The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee will hold a public hearing Tuesday for comprehensive legislation that would raise hundreds of millions of dollars for transportation projects.

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland House of Delegates is expected to vote on a major funding plan to build new schools in Baltimore and renovate others. A final vote on the measure is scheduled for Friday. If passed, the plan would ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A major funding plan to build new schools in Baltimore has moved forward in the Maryland House of Delegates. The House gave the measure preliminary approval on Thursday after Republicans delayed a vote Wednesday night. The plan would ...

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The presiding officer of the House of Delegates -- an Anne Arundel County Democrat -- has created a work group that will study ways to revitalize the greater Baltimore area.

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The Kennedy Center in Washington is expanding an arts education program to Baltimore schools to help ensure every student in elementary and middle school has access to the arts. The center is announcing Monday that Baltimore public schools will join ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The chief executive officer of Baltimore’s public schools has told state lawmakers that he hopes to borrow $1.2 billion to overhaul the city’s public school buildings. Andres Alonso spoke Tuesday to the Senate Budget and Taxation committee, telling ...

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Baltimore school board officials say CEO Andres Alonso will stay on for four more years. Alonso signed a $260,000 contract on Thursday as his old one expired. Board Chairman Neil Duke says the new contract was sensitive to the finances ...

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ANNAPOLIS — An increase in Maryland’s alcohol tax advanced in the Maryland Senate on Tuesday, with a significant portion of the first year’s proceeds set aside for Prince George’s County and Baltimore schools. The Senate measure would raise Maryland’s sales ...

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