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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The new owners of the Sparrows Point steel mill outside Baltimore say they have closed the deal and are looking for operators for all or part of the four-square-mile property. Spokesman Gary Epstein says the mill has state-of-the-art cold-rolling equipment. ...

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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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WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware judge has approved the sale of two Ohio facilities owned by bankrupt steelmaker RG Steel LLC. The judge on Wednesday approved the sale of RG Steel’s Mingo Junction and Martins Ferry facilities for $22 million. ...

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