The new president and CEO of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce brings western Maryland background.

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The bill's sponsor said the Senate “voted to tie Maryland’s hands when it comes to fighting fraud against taxpayers,” but the Maryland Chamber of Commerce called the bill an incentive for litigation.

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Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler led a group of local prosecutors Tuesday in support of legislation to allow people convicted of some nonviolent misdemeanors to shield those convictions from public view three years after serving their sentences, including parole or probation.

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Sheela Murthy, founder and president of the Murthy Law Firm, was named vice chairwoman of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce at the chamber’s annual meeting May 1.

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As a result of the increasing number of individuals who come into contact with the criminal justice system, a growing number of businesses and government entities are conducting criminal background checks on potential and existing employees. But governments are also putting restrictions in place on what at times can be used or perceived as a discriminatory practice.

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Richard E. Hug, 78, a businessman and prolific fundraiser who raised money for and advised Republican political candidates ranging from former Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehlrich Jr. to GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, died Saturday.

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Pepco Region President Thomas H. Graham will be named chairman of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, during the chamber’s annual membership meeting and Business Hall of Fame dinner at the Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport hotel.

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Heading into the final day of the General Assembly's 90-day session, the House of Delegates had taken no action on a Senate Bill designed to prevent raids on the Transportation Trust Fund.

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A week has passed since the General Assembly approved gas tax and transit fare hikes to replenish the Transportation Trust Fund, which analysts say would be otherwise bereft of money for new construction projects by mid-2017.

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Business lobbyists and plaintiffs’ attorneys battled before a Senate committee Tuesday over legislation that would codify Maryland’s longstanding court-made law that defendants cannot be held liable for damages if the plaintiffs’ negligence contributed at all to their injuries.

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