Proposed changes to the way the law requires tipped workers to be paid have restaurant owners and workers paying attention to bills in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties. Under Maryland […]
NRF: Record spending expected this holiday season
Retail holiday sales should continue to increase during the 2023 holiday season between 3%-4%, according to the National Retail Federation. Since 2009, sales in the retail industry have grown annually […]
October: Sports wagering contributes new benchmark at $5.8M
Maryland’s sports wagering market had the best month in its short history in October, with the 13 retail and 12 mobile sportsbooks combining to generate $5,812,245 in contributions to the […]
O’Donnell Metal Deck acquires Tennessee firm
Elkridge-based O’Donnell Metal Deck has acquired Metal Deck Direct, adding the metal deck distribution company in the Knoxville, Tenn., market to its growing national footprint. OMD is the premier independent […]
MEA opens application window for OPEN Energy Program
The Maryland Energy Administration has launched its annual OPEN Energy Program, which provides opportunities to submit applications for innovative energy projects and initiatives that are outside of the agency’s established […]
HCPSS announces completion of fiscal 2023 ACFR
The Howard County Public School System has received an unmodified opinion from its external auditor, SB & Company, which is included in the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for fiscal 2023. […]
TEDCO moving headquarters to Merriweather District
TEDCO will move into a new office space in Downtown Columbia’s Merriweather District at 10960 Grantchester Way, Suite 110, during the first quarter of 2024.The move will allow TEDCO to […]
Upgrades made to Anne Arundel bus system
Upgrades have been made to Anne Arundel County’s bus system, including real-time bus tracking using the free Passio GO app; free Wi-Fi on all county buses; and state-of-the-art shelters with […]
Howard County poet shares war traumas and childhood joys in ‘Glazed With War’
Pantea Amin Tofangchi’s poetic voice—from the perspective of a child growing up in Iran during the Iran-Iraq War, September 1980 to August 1988—rings with a clarion call for peace that transcends even the noblest peace-building rhetoric of today’s world.
‘No more deliberation, there’s no more questioning:’ Maryland leaders defend FBI relocation
GREENBELT — Maryland leaders, in a news conference Friday, strenuously rejected claims that the decision process for the FBI headquarters was tainted and called the matter a done deal. The […]