Originally published in The Baltimore Sun. By Benjamin Orr, Michael J. Wilson Fifty-two years after President Lyndon Baines Johnson declared a “War on Poverty,” Gov. Larry Hogan is preparing to enter the fray. The governor recently announced a commission, led
A bill aimed at expanding Maryland’s manufacturing industry using accelerated depreciation and tax incentives has made its way through the Senate. SB 317, or the More Jobs for Marylanders Act of 2017, passed with amendments on March 23, and only
BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday he would veto a bill requiring businesses with 15 or more employees to provide paid sick leave. The Republican governor said either of two bills that
WASHINGTON – If new Trump administration policies trigger a trade war with China, the port of Baltimore and Maryland could see revenue and job losses, according to analysts. … However, imports into the Port of Baltimore benefit many states in
By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland businesses with 15 or more employees would be required to provide paid sick leave, under a measure passed Friday by the state House of Delegates. The Democrat-controlled House voted 88-51
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A measure to require paid sick leave in Maryland advanced in the House of Delegates on Wednesday. The Democrat-controlled House could pass the legislation as early as Friday. The measure would require businesses with more than
Five years ago, Drew Greenblatt took then state Sen. Allan Kittleman, now Howard County Executive, and state Sen. Katherine Klausmeier on a tour of his Baltimore factory. After, the senators asked Greenblatt, CEO of Marlin Steel Wire Products, what they
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Early Thursday morning, moms and children gathered inside the Miller Senate building at tables littered with paper groundhogs and markers, but this Groundhog’s Day gathering was no celebration for Punxsutawney Phil. Instead, the group of fewer
A new analysis from the Maryland Center on Economic Policy (MDCEP) finds that the original earned sick days bill, known as the Healthy Working Families Act (House Bill 1/Senate Bill 230), would guarantee earned paid sick leave to nearly twice
In the seven years since the first of Maryland’s six casinos opened, they have pumped $1.7 billion into the state’s Education Trust Fund — the financial windfall that advocates for gambling promised would go to the state’s public schools. But
