ANNAPOLIS — With two weeks to go before Election Day, Republican Robert Ehrlich’s campaign announced Tuesday that the former governor has about $1.7 million cash on hand for his rematch with Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley. Ehrlich has raised more than $2.8 million ...

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A legislative task force wants to make it easier for Maryland nonprofits to contract with the state, as well as save money for the state and for the health and social service providers it hires. Two national reports out this ...

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WASHINGTON — Americans spent more money on cars, furniture and at hardware stores to boost retail sales to a third monthly increase in September. The string of gains since July followed declines in May and June. Those had raised worries ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s highest court has upheld a state law that limits the amount of money people can receive for non-economic damages in personal injury lawsuits. Judges on the Court of Appeals ruled against the parents of a 5-year-old boy ...

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It’s been an on-the-one-hand-on-the-other-hand kind of week for anyone trying to get a handle on the state of our economic health. It started with word from the Cambridge, Mass.-based National Bureau of Economic Research that the recession — the longest ...

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What began as being too lazy to shave while on vacation last week has morphed into my first deliberate attempt at facial hair. My goatee will be gone by the weekend, when I have to be in pictures for a ...

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Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler might soon be getting a call from Gov. Martin O’Malley, if he hasn’t already received one, seeking a campaign donation. The governor, in his solicitation, might raise the following points: Gansler is running unopposed ...

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Back in March, I wrote about the University of Baltimore School of Law reaching the $15 million plateau in private fundraising it needed to supplement the $92 million in state money it’s receiving for a new law school building. Thursday, ...

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All an Atlantic Coast Conference spokeswoman and a spokesman for ESPN will say is “negotiations are ongoing.” Representatives from University of Maryland’s Department of Athletics won’t even talk about it. But unconfirmed reports are running wild on the Internet and ...

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The U.S. News & World Report law school rankings were officially released Thursday. I say “officially” because Above the Law noted the results had been leaked in a Tuesday afternoon blog post. (Apparently I wasn’t paying as close attention to ...

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