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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, Bernard C. Young, Judges, Business, Mary Pat Clarke
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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: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Mary Pat Clarke, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Maryland Zoo Baltimore
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Mayor questions Alonso's school-construction plan
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake expressed concerns about her schools chief's proposal to borrow $1.2 billion to fix Baltimore's crumbling school buildings, touting her own more modest plan as realistic in her State of the City address Monday.
The mayor...Tags: Politics, Government, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Safety of Citizens, Property
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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: Mary Pat Clarke, Ticketmaster, Services and Shopping, 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: Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, Mary Pat Clarke, Services and Shopping
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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: Ticketmaster, William H. Cole IV, Services and Shopping, Laws, Inner Harbor
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Rawlings-Blake readies for battle over proposal to raise bottle tax
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration is gearing up for a tough fight over her plan to raise Baltimore's bottle tax to pay for repairs to dilapidated city schools.
A bill to increase the 2-cent tax to 5 cents – and devote all bottle-tax...Tags: Politics, Bernard C. Young, Lobbying, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, William H. Cole IV
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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, Government, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Economy, Business and Finance, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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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: Bernard C. Young, Politics, Tax Credits, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Property Tax
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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, Baltimore Police Department, William Bratton, Crime, Law and Justice
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Baltimore City ethics disclosures show disparity in reporting gifts
While many governments are moving toward posting ethics disclosure forms, residents of Baltimore still have to travel to City Hall and to a sixth-floor office to see the documents. To save you a trip, we're posting those forms from Mayor Stephanie...
Tags: Harbor, Mary Pat Clarke, William H. Cole IV, Ethics, Religion and Belief
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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, Government, Public Officials, Economy, Business and Finance
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