Maryland will receive $23 million for its small business loan guarantee program from a federal jobs bill signed last week, the state and U.S. Treasury will announce Friday. “Innovative local initiatives that support small business lending are under extraordinary pressure ...

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The first of what federal officials say will be annual action plans for implementing a Chesapeake Bay restoration strategy was released Thursday, calling for $491 million in funding and projects ranging from cutting farm and suburban runoff to rebuilding oyster ...

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A federal jury in Baltimore has rejected a lawyer’s defamation and false imprisonment claims against a jewelry store chain arising from her unpleasant experience at the Perryville Outlet Center in June 2005. Carolyn Henderson had sought more than $3 million ...

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