A Baltimore councilman wants warnings in places where sugary drinks are sold in the city to make sure customers understand the associated health risks. Legislation sponsored by councilman and mayoral candidate Nick Mosby would have the city’s Health Department put ...

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A coalition of anti-smoking advocates say they believe they have the votes to increase the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products.

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In what some experts call a step toward full-fledged online gambling, the Maryland State Lottery Agency appears poised to join a handful of states that run Internet programs through which players can buy — and then play — an Amazon.com-like shopping cart of lottery games.

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A key committee of the Baltimore City Council voted Monday afternoon to send a proposed 3-cent increase in the city’s bottle tax to the full council for a vote this month. The Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee voted out ...

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The National Federation of Independent Business reported Tuesday that its index of small business optimism gained 2 points in April, to reach 94.5. The increase makes up for the drop in March, but only returns the index to February 2011 ...

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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s plan to increase the container tax by three cents to help fund school construction will result in a new wave of job losses in Baltimore and also harm working families, according to a report released Friday by ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund would bolster the state’s bottom line in the spending plan under consideration by the General Assembly, a budget-balancing move that would ultimately be passed along to the company’s ratepayers. The proposal, part of ...

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