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Obama minimum wage plan renews debate
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s call to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour and boost it annually to keep pace with inflation is already getting a trial run. […]
Feds’ cyber plan has businesses worried
WASHINGTON — Warning that American companies are the target of an intensive cyber-espionage campaign, President Barack Obama‘s top security officials said Wednesday they are struggling to defend the nation from […]
EPA accepts 2nd phase of W. Va.’s bay plan
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia is moving to the next phase of its plan to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has accepted the […]
Plan for keeping Hagerstown Suns in western Md. progresses
HAGERSTOWN — Hagerstown Mayor Robert Bruchey says the city is making “great headway” toward construction of a downtown stadium to keep minor league baseball in the western Maryland city. The […]
Tribune Co. gets OK for bankruptcy-exit plan
DOVER, Del. — Tribune Co. won court approval to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, more than four years after a leveraged buyout left the media company with unsustainable debt. […]
Judge set to rule on Tribune bankruptcy plan
WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware judge says he will rule this week on whether Tribune Co. can emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. U.S. bankruptcy judge Kevin Carey said Wednesday […]
Wisp ski resort owner talks with prospective buyers
HAGERSTOWN — The owners of Wisp, Maryland‘s only ski resort, have met with a number of potential buyers in their efforts to stave off financial failure, one of the partners […]
AT&T looking to introduce family data plans
NEW ORLEANS — The head of AT&T’s wireless business says he’s looking to introduce plans that share a data allowance among family members, similar to the way it sells family […]
Rocky Gap slots plan clears hurdle
CUMBERLAND — The Allegany County Commissioners and a casino developer have struck a deal removing a hurdle to slot-machine gambling at the Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort. The Cumberland […]
Answers wanted on convention center plan
ANNAPOLIS — A Senate subcommittee adopted a measure in the capital budget on Thursday that would fund the planning and design of a proposed expansion to the Baltimore Convention Center […]
New EBDI plan in final stage
After several contentious community meetings over the last nine months, a new master plan for the $1.8 billion East Baltimore Development Inc. project is set to go to City Hall […]
AT&T relents on ‘unlimited data’ plan limits
NEW YORK — AT&T is caving to complaints that it’s placing unreasonable limits on the “unlimited data” plans it offers smartphone subscribers. The cellphone company says that from now on, […]
