Reforming the business climate in Maryland could include a recommendation to privatize some or all of the programs within the state Department of Business and Economic Development.
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Read More »September 10, 2014 Comments Off on Commission weighs privatizing DBED programs
Reforming the business climate in Maryland could include a recommendation to privatize some or all of the programs within the state Department of Business and Economic Development.
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Read More »July 30, 2014 Comments Off on State gives $1M grant to Washington County
The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development approved a $1 million conditional grant to Washington County to help Hagerstown-based National Golden Tissue expand.
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A commission tasked with looking at the overall business climate in the state could ultimately make recommendations that lead to changes in the State Department of Business and Economic Development.
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Read More »April 7, 2014 Comments Off on Clock runs out on film-tax credit bill
A late night conference committee between the House and Senate ended in acrimony in the House lounge as both sides parted without a deal that would have provided more than $18 million to popular productions including Veep and House of Cards.
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Read More »February 11, 2014 Comments Off on Health startups dominate InvestMaryland Challenge
Of the 41 technology startups to advance in the latest round of the InvestMaryland Challenge, 16 companies are related to medicine or health care, state officials announced today.
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Read More »October 29, 2013 1 Comment
Inc. Magazine released its Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies today, and a number of Maryland businesses made the ranks.
Read More »October 27, 2013 Comments Off on DBED secretary: Md. doesn’t give itself enough credit
Dominick Murray, secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, says that the state doesn’t give itself enough credit.
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Read More »October 23, 2013 Comments Off on Funding for Corps of Engineers is opportunity for small businesses
Despite cuts in federal spending, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has up to 16 local contracts that may soon be up for bids, and state officials want to help Maryland businesses win them.
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Read More »May 2, 2013 Comments Off on Eye Opener: Hundreds of bills ready to be signed
Gov. Martin O'Malley, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and House of Delegates Speaker Michael E. Busch will gather this morning to sign hundreds of bills passed by the General Assembly this year.
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Read More »April 9, 2013 Comments Off on Private-sector pension system study likely to return next year
In the final hours of the 2013 legislative session, a bill that would have created a task force to study the implementation of a private-sector pension system got stuck in committee.
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