The dean of the University’s of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business said politics can stop elected officials from doing what’s best — a problem Gov. Martin O’Malley has not been immune from. G. “Anand” Anandalingam singled out O’Malley ...

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Ten years ago, Baltimore officials awarded an $11.4 million contract to Unisys Corp. to completely overhaul the city’s archaic property tax software. Phase one of the new system was to “go live” in November 2003. Since that time, there have ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The number of tax credits available for review under a Senate plan was cut to one-quarter the original total because the department that would conduct fiscal analysis of those credits was unsure how hefty the workload would be. ...

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A Maryland agency has chosen a group to oversee the auction of tax credits to raise up to $70 million to help start-up companies in the state. The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development said Thursday that the Grant ...

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Robert L. Higgins plucked four coins from a refrigerator-size safe in the basement of the Baltimore Convention Center and fanned out a small fortune in his hands. While the face value of the coins would be just enough to buy ...

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WASHINGTON — Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income. The latest census data depict a ...

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WASHINGTON — A united Senate emphatically approved legislation Thursday intended to help unemployed veterans and companies doing business with the government, endorsing a measure that includes the first small slice of President Barack Obama’s jobs plan that is likely to ...

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The state will expand zones in Baltimore City, Baltimore County and on the Eastern Shore where businesses are eligible for tax credits for making property improvements and hiring new workers. Maryland will add 112 acres to the Enterprise Zone in ...

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The state will expand zones in Baltimore City, Baltimore County and on the Eastern Shore where businesses are eligible for tax credits for making property improvements and hiring new workers. Maryland will add 112 acres to the Enterprise Zone in ...

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The first part of the public-private partnership State Center project in Baltimore represents a $127 million giveaway of taxpayer dollars with more on the way, according to a new report from the Maryland Public Policy Institute and the Maryland Tax ...

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