Billionaire businessman and former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will be the commencement speaker at the University of Maryland, College Park this spring. Bloomberg is typically associated in Maryland with his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University, one of ...

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Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York and a Johns Hopkins University alumnus, gave his alma mater a $1.8 billion gift for student financial aid, the largest-ever contribution to an American university. Bloomberg, who has previously given ...

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Jasmine Simms’ small-business experience can best be described as a trial by fire. Literally. Simms, who recently completed the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program in Baltimore, started Scrub Nail Salon five years ago as she was weeks away from the ...

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Confronting the challenges facing Baltimore will require investment in and from the city’s business community, leaders said Wednesday at the CityLab Baltimore event at the Parkway Theater. Businesses and the jobs they bring can help tackle Baltimore’s problems with crime, ...

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Former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will donate $300 million to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to help fight several modern medical scourges. Funds will be used to tackle issues, such as drug addiction, obesity ...

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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who praised Maryland state Sen. Brian E. Frosh last month for shepherding gun-control legislation through the Senate in 2013, put his money where his mouth was.

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ANNAPOLIS — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is endorsing Maryland state Sen. Brian Frosh in his bid for attorney general. Bloomberg cited the senator’s leading role in pushing for a sweeping gun-control measure that was approved in Maryland this year. ...

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Big city mayors have been much in the news this year. The end of Michael Bloomberg’s 12 years as mayor of New York City has drawn stories describing the many changes that he brought to that city, from major development projects to bike sharing to policing tactics to the recovery from 9/11.

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Johns Hopkins University says New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s $350 million pledge is the largest gift it has ever received. The university announced the commitment late Saturday. It said the money will be used mainly to expand Hopkins’ interdisciplinary ...

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A few government and politics headlines around the state.

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