Baltimore Checkbook: Bill granting Northrop Grumman $37.5M in tax credits moves in Maryland Senate

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Bill granting Northrop Grumman $37.5M in tax credits moves in Maryland Senate

The Maryland Senate moved forward a bill Thursday that would provide $37.5 million in tax credits for Northrop Grumman Corp. over the next five years. While the budget language for Senate Bill 1112 doesn’t explicitly say it, the state’s Department of Commerce and legislative proponents haven’t been shy about saying the bill is crafted for the Falls Church, Va.-based defense contracting giant, a company that recently consolidated and headquartered its new missions systems division in Linthicum,…