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Councilwoman challenges city's stormwater fee plan
A city councilwoman is challenging Baltimore's plan to charge businesses some of the highest stormwater fees in the state — and divert some of the money that had gone to Chesapeake Bay cleanup to help fund property tax cuts. Councilwoman Mary...
Tags: Politics, Local Government, Judges, Business, Robert W. Curran
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Billboard companies object to proposed city tax
Area billboard companies are speaking out against a proposed tax introduced this week by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. In a hearing before the City Council's taxation committee Thursday, the global billboard firm Clear Channel Outdoor offered to give...
Tags: Maryland Zoo Baltimore, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Clear Channel Communications Inc.
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City Council gives final approval to bill allowing Ticketmaster fees
The City Council gave final approval Monday to a bill that would allow companies such as Ticketmaster to continue to charge unlimited fees when selling tickets to events in Baltimore. The 15-member council voted without discussion in favor of the bill,...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Ticketmaster, Mary Pat Clarke, James B. Kraft
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City Council approves bill allowing Ticketmaster's service fees
The City Council approved a bill Monday that would allow companies such as Ticketmaster to continue to charge unlimited fees in selling tickets to events in Baltimore. The 15-member council voted heavily in favor of the bill, which would exempt...Tags: Jackson Browne, Carl Stokes, Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Laws, Inner Harbor
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Committee votes to allow Ticketmaster fees
A City Council committee approved a bill Thursday that would allow companies such as Ticketmaster to continue to charge unlimited fees in selling tickets to events in Baltimore. The council's finance committee voted 3-1 in favor of the bill, which would...
Tags: Jackson Browne, Edward L. Reisinger III, Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Inner Harbor, Ticketmaster
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Nearly half of city employees have 'critical or chronic' illness, mayor says
Nearly half of Baltimore's municipal employees and retirees have a "critical or chronic" illness — a distinction that contributes to the high cost of providing their health insurance, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday. "We need to...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Employees, Career and Workplace, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Mayor plans to introduce tax program for city apartments
As part of her push to increase Baltimore's population, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake plans to introduce legislation to the City Council next week that will provide generous tax breaks to builders of apartment buildings downtown and in six other...Tags: Politics, Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Bernard C. Young, Carl Stokes, Taxation
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Baltimore police seek contract for outside consultant
The Baltimore Police Department is planning to hire an outside consultant to develop a "three- to five-year strategic plan" to help streamline the agency and improve crime fighting, city documents show. The consultant group that is awarded the contract...
Tags: Anthony W. Batts, William Bratton, Crime, Law and Justice, Baltimore Police Department
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Weakened version of audits bill moves forward
A weakened version of the City Council's hotly debated audits bill won preliminary approval Monday night, meaning it could go before voters in November after a final council vote next month. City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young announced a...Tags: Politics, Lobbying, Robert W. Curran, Finance, Public Officials
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City councilman to introduce bills aimed at curbing mayor's power
City Councilman Bill Henry on Monday plans to introduce a series of bills aimed at reforming City Hall, including two that would curb some of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's power.
Henry's four bills will be introduced at what should prove a busy...Tags: Politics, Lobbying, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Public Officials, Values
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Seeking checks and balances in City Hall
Once again, a member of the Baltimore City Council is talking tough about standing up to the mayor. On the heels of attempts by some of his colleagues to shift money in the budget and force audits of city agencies, Councilman Bill Henry is proposing a...
Tags: Politics, Local Government, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Elections, Budgets and Budgeting
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Some big businesses owe millions in city water bills
In Sparrows Point, bankrupt RG Steel's delinquent city water bills have risen from about $3.5 million in 2009 to nearly $7 million today, according to city records. Chemical giant W.R.Grace & Co. owes almost $500,000 — even after recently...Tags: Politics, Hamburgers, Judges, Business, Charles Village
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