The morning after Baltimore recorded its 300th homicide in 2016, city State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby and police Commissioner Kevin Davis acknowledged the work ahead of them to members of the business community while also suggesting ways the private sector ...

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Baltimore-area business, civic and nonprofit leaders, in a new report, are advocating for the removal of barriers to jobseekers with criminal records, something second-chance advocates say is part of a surprising shift in attitudes in recent years. The Coalition for ...

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Eleven Baltimore businesses were recognized for activities or projects that have significantly benefited the Baltimore community and are outside of the business’s regular mission at the 42nd Annual Mayor’s Business Recognition Awards Thursday. The awards, sponsored by the Mayor’s Office, the ...

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Ten Baltimore-area companies and one individual were named winners of the Greater Baltimore Committee’s 13th annual Bridging the Gap Achievement Awards Thursday night. Finalists and winners for the awards, which are a minority business development initiative, were selected from among ...

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Baltimore and Maryland may be poised to reap gains from the biohealth and cybersecurity sectors, two areas expected to provide many of the jobs of the future, but some familiar impediments — a struggling educational system, high taxes and a ...

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A rail chokepoint in the city restraining the Port of Baltimore’s potential economic impact could be eliminated in the next decade if it receives federal funds. During the Greater Baltimore Committee’s transportation summit on Wednesday, Bradley M. Smith, director of ...

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Putting ex-convicts back to work and expanding the city of Baltimore’s youth summer jobs program took much of the spotlight at Monday night’s Greater Baltimore Committee annual dinner meeting. Donald C. Fry, president and CEO of the GBC, told an ...

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When opening a businesses, entrepreneurs pick a location based largely on three factors: access to capital, access to good talent and quality of life in and around the city. Deb Tillett, executive director of Emerging Technology Centers incubator in Baltimore, ...

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While Maryland’s business community was largely pleased with last year’s General Assembly session, one of their disappointments was that a tax break for angel investors did not pass. But the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program has returned this year to ...

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For thousands of unemployed and under-employed Baltimore residents, the key to a wage that can support a family may lie in STEM careers — but workers aren’t getting the training they need, according to a new report released Wednesday. Jobs ...

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