The death of movie theaters has been predicted for year, but retail and mixed-use developers still believe they add value to projects.

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ANNAPOLIS — A state senator said he has filed an ethics complaint against a delegate who asked him to support a provision in a bill that would have made it easier for that delegate to repay about $75,000 in penalties ...

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WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. Senate education committee has asked the chancellor of the Maryland state university system to hand over documents related to enrollment and workplace practices at the University of Maryland University College. UMUC has more ...

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SEATTLE — A Democratic senator from Connecticut is writing a bill that would stop the practice of some employers to ask job applicants for their Facebook or other social media passwords, he told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. Sen. ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland Republican state senator says his party has chosen new Senate leadership. Sen. David Brinkley said the state’s Senate Republican Caucus chose Sen. E.J. Pipkin, R-Cecil, to be the new minority leader on Tuesday. Pipkin had been serving ...

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Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin is reporting he has raised more than $700,000 in the last three months. Cardin, a Democrat, announced his third quarter fundraising report on Friday. The senator, who is running for re-election in November 2012, reports that ...

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Federal prosecutors say a prominent state senator sold his office to help a grocery store chain, but the senator’s lawyers say he arranged meetings but did nothing illegal. Attorneys gave opening statements on Tuesday in a federal case in Baltimore ...

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Sen. Ed Kasemeyer, the chairman of the powerful Budget and Taxation Committee, had a frank assessment Wednesday of the General Assembly’s record on the gasoline tax. “We just didn’t do our job,” he said. The excise tax on gasoline has ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A federal judge has ordered the temporary return of an indicted state senator’s passport so he can attend a conference in Canada. U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett filed the order this week to return Sen. Ulysses Currie’s passport ...

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OCEAN CITY — The nesting habitat of two endangered birds is being restored with material dredged from a West Ocean City marina. Sen. Ben Cardin visited Skimmer Island on Monday to view the restoration efforts. The island is used for ...

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