A federal judge has increased the damages he awarded to the owner of Sparrows Point stemming from a 2008 bridge crane collapse, bringing the total to more than $15.5 million.

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The federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation says it is taking control of two RG Steel pension plans. The federal agency says it is taking over the RG Steel Warren and the RG Steel Wheeling plans. The Warren Plan has 1,208 ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved a request by failed steelmaker RG Steel to pay $767,000 under a retention program to keep about 20 key employees on the job through the end of the year as ...

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The Eye Opener is back this morning with a handful of government and politics headlines from around the state.

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The Sparrows Point steel mill will be auctioned in January if buyers don’t step forward for all or part of the property, liquidator Hilco Industrial said Tuesday. Bids are due by Dec. 21, and an auction will be held Jan. ...

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DOVER, Del. — Bankrupt steelmaker RG Steel is working with creditors to resolve issues surrounding the sales of its steel mill facilities. Attorneys for various creditors told a Delaware bankruptcy judge during a telephone hearing Wednesday that substantial progress has ...

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Baltimore City Circuit Court Clerk Frank M. Conaway is planning to file a class action lawsuit that targets the city’s water department for allegedly permitting business customers to rack up millions of dollars in delinquencies while homeowners risk losing their homes for as little as $350 in unpaid bills.

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Elected officials began arriving in Ocean City Wednesday for the annual Maryland Association of Counties summer conference, including several state lawmakers fresh off a grueling, post-midnight finish to the state's second special legislative session this year. ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware has approved the sale of assets of steelmaker RG Steel in Baltimore County and Ohio. The sale orders approved Wednesday by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey include the $72 million purchase ...

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In a grim turn of events for the nearly 2,000 workers at the Sparrows Point steel mill, the reported high bidder for its assets is a well-known, international company that specializes in auctioning off equipment at closed plants.

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