Maryland’s Board of Public Works approved a $430,000 settlement Wednesday with a man who said his supervisors at the University of Maryland University College discriminated against him because of his heritage. The school, which is the branch of the University ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Bowie State University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center will be an all-Steinway piano program. The Maryland Board of Public Works voted 2-1 on Wednesday to approve $553,000 to buy four concert grand pianos and 28 Steinway-designed pianos, for ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland business executives delivered a mixed economic forecast Tuesday, tempering any reasons for optimism with caveats and warnings about pitfalls for the state in the coming months. Banks can’t find enough qualified borrowers looking for money, and consumers ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland has boosted its revenue projections for fiscal 2012 by $195 million, but anticipates slower economic growth over the next two years, the state’s top tax collector said Wednesday. Better-than-expected individual income tax payments drove the increase. But ...

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The Maryland State Retirement and Pension System board tapped a top aide to Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp to be the system’s chief investment officer Monday. A. Melissa Moye had served as acting CIO since October in addition to her role ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Former Maryland Public Service Commissioner Susanne Brogan is now deputy treasurer of public policy in Treasurer Nancy Kopp’s office, creating two vacancies on the five-member PSC. Kopp introduced Brogan during a meeting of the state’s Capital Debt Affordability ...

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The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved bonds needed to build a new $184 million public health laboratory in Baltimore. The board, which consists of Gov. Martin O’Malley, Comptroller Peter Franchot and Treasurer Nancy Kopp, voted 2-0 to approve ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Board of Public Works is scheduled to consider approving bonds needed to build a new public health laboratory in Baltimore. The board, which consists of Gov. Martin O’Malley, Comptroller Peter Franchot and Treasurer Nancy Kopp, meets ...

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Maryland’s top credit rating from Standard & Poor’s will likely remain untarnished through at least the end of the year, the state treasurer’s office said Tuesday. The news eased the three-day vigil for state officials who waited for news from ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland has completed $512.4 million in the sale of general obligation bonds. The sale, which was completed Wednesday, was described as a successful one by Treasurer Nancy Kopp. That’s despite the economic uncertainty churning around the debt limit ...

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