Finance

City's secretive $107M tax giveaway is wrong

2013-05-24 05:00:00

Where's the outrage? The city's Board of Finance, in secret, decided to give $107 million to a wealthy developer for the benefit of an even wealthier corporation ("Harbor Point to get city financing," May 21). Apparently, ordinary citizens can't...

'...not perfect, but doing well,' Aberdeen's mayor says of city

2013-05-24 05:08:00

The following is the complete text of Aberdeen Mayor Mike Bennett's 2013 State of the City Address delivered at the May 20 city council meeting: Good evening and thank you for attending this evening.� I would like to brief you on the State of the City...

Carroll budget one step closer to adoption

2013-05-23 16:56:00

The Carroll County Board of Commissioners voted Thursday to approve a $367 million operating budget for fiscal year 2014, a budget that includes flat-funding county non-profits, $400,000 for a controversial Education Opportunity Fund, raises for county...

Harris calls for expanded audit of education spending

2013-05-23 18:06:56

Rep. Andy Harris said Thursday that he will request an expanded review of the Maryland Department of Education's use of federal funds after an audit found that the state may have to return up to $540,000 in misspent stimulus dollars and money designated...

Federal audit finds city schools misspent stimulus, Title I funds

2013-05-23 05:45:00

The Maryland State Department of Education may have to pay back up to $540,000 in federal money intended to help the state's poorest schools after a scathing audit found that Baltimore City was one of two school districts that misspent the funds, using...

Balto. Co. Council approves $2.8 billion budget

2013-05-23 13:43:07

Baltimore County Council members formally adopted a county budget Thursday that they say focuses on basic services while keeping the county's property tax rate flat for the 25th year in a row. The council unanimously approved County Executive Kevin...

City spending board approves another property tax break

2013-05-22 18:15:33

Baltimore's spending board voted Wednesday to approve another property tax break for city homeowners, part of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's plan to cut property taxes by 22 percent over 10 years. The tax credit approved by the Board of Estimates would...

Harford council approves Sunday hours for Jarrettsville library, funding for school computers

2013-05-22 07:01:00

The Harford County Council approved a number of school-related and other amendments to the fiscal 2014 county budget Tuesday night, including funding Sunday hours at the Jarrettsville library branch and new computers at a Bel Air school. The council...

T. Rowe Price announces new series of target-date retirement funds

2013-05-22 10:11:00

T. Rowe Price plans to launch a new series of 11 target-date retirement funds later this summer, the Baltimore-based money manager said Wednesday. Target date funds automatically become more conservative as investors age. Price began offering such funds...

After homelessness, mother and son graduate from Howard CC

2013-05-22 06:06:00

Sandy Johnson and her son, Jeff, were juggling the demands of classes and exams, jobs and family life in pursuit of associate degrees. They also were confronting what could have been an insurmountable obstacle: homelessness. "This has been a tough...

Council to consider mayor's proposed pension changes

2013-05-21 17:26:53

With the city retirement system short hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, officials say they are likely to begin requiring municipal employees to contribute to their pensions. "Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it's fair,"...

Havre de Grace mayor, council members take oaths for new terms

2013-05-22 11:22:19

Havre de Grace City Councilmen Fred Cullum, John Correri and Randy Craig were sworn into their new council terms, and Mayor Wayne Dougherty was back at the helm for another term Monday night. After spending about an hour and half in closed session, the...

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2013-05-14 10:43:00

Latham & Watkins announced the arrival of Nabil Sabki to the firm�s Chicago office as a partner in the corporate department.

2013-05-14 10:35:00

Brian Crowley has been promoted to equity partner at Franczek Radelet. Crowley provides general counseling to school districts and other public bodies in all business related issues including contracts, bidding, intergovernmental agreements, real estate, leasing and finance matters.

2013-05-03 00:00:00