The $39 billion budget proposal unveiled today by Gov. Martin O’Malley includes some good news for Maryland’s physicians and students but also some slaps in the face.

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SWANTON — The Garrett County Planning Commission is opposing a state plan to strengthen protection of land along the Youghiogheny River in far western Maryland. The Cumberland Times-News reported Monday on the dispute over the state’s proposal to designate the ...

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TOKYO — Sony Corp. needs more time to study a key proposal from a U.S. hedge fund to spin off a part of its entertainment unit as a way to propel its fledgling revival, the chief executive told shareholders Thursday. ...

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Architects laid out proposals for the design of the section of the Red Line that runs along Edmonson Avenue in West Baltimore at Thursday’s meeting of the city’s Urban Design and Architectural Review Panel.

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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake unveiled a $3.5 billion budget proposal on Wednesday for fiscal year 2014 that includes revisions in employee pension and health care plans and a 2 percent salary increase for city workers.

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Best Buy Co. Inc. and its founder and former chairman Richard Schulze say they have an agreement that will allow Schulze to pursue his plan to try to buy the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain. The news sent Best Buy ...

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Two developers are seeking the rights to build a residential and retail complex on a prime half-acre site downtown once planned to hold an $80 million dual Hyatt-brand hotel project known as City Center.

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ANNAPOLIS — A spokeswoman for Gov. Martin O’Malley says a draft of legislation to expand gambling in Maryland will not be available this week. Raquel Guillory said in an email Friday that it’s unclear when the proposal will be available ...

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Marylanders opposed to Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposed extension of the sales tax to gasoline will gather in Annapolis Wednesday, less than an hour before the governor is slated to testify on a bill that includes the increase. HB 1302, the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The leader of the state Senate said Wednesday that the governor’s proposal to reduce homeowner mortgage interest tax deductions will not survive the chamber’s Budget and Taxation Committee. On a day in which Maryland Realtors pleaded with the ...

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