Mayor Catherine Pugh responded Wednesday to Gov. Larry Hogan calling the city school system’s budget an “absolute disaster,” saying she is confident the two sides will come to an agreement to reduce the school system’s deficit. Pugh organized a rally in Annapolis on Monday to press the state for help in reducing a $130 million deficit in the Baltimore City Public Schools’ budget. Hogan ratcheted up the rhetoric in negotiations Tuesday, saying in an interview with WBAL Radio that the school system…
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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. shares were up more than 4 percent in trading Wednesday morning after a report said it approached Tribune Media Co. about a possible combination. Citing unnamed sources, Reuters reports Hunt Valley-based Sinclair (NASDAQ: SBGI) has expressed interest in acquiring the Chicago media company. Sinclair could also look at buying parts of Tribune, such as its CW broadcast stations, the WGN America cable network or the Tribune’s stake in the Food Network, the report says.…
It’s that time of year again, and unlike normal winters, it’s actually already started feeling like cherry blossom season. The National Cherry Blossom Festival and the National Park Service released peak bloom predictions Wednesday, and the blossoms aren’t expected to overlap with the festival itself: Peak bloom is expected to be March 14-17. The festival begins March 20 and runs through April 16, with the National Cherry Blossom Parade planned for April 8. This year’s stretch “could be the earliest…
Maryland’s medical marijuana commission plans to take 10,900 square feet in Linthicum, giving the group its first official office space. The Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission will enter into a 10-year lease at 849 International Drive near Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, pending approval from the Board of Public Works on March 8. The commission, formed in 2013 by the General Assembly, is currently temporarily housed at 4201 Patterson Ave. near the Reisterstown…
Clark Burger, a burger and poutine restaurant located next door to the Senator Theatre, is opening a second location in the recently shuttered Tortilleria Sinaloa space in Little Italy. Tortilleria Sinaloa, known for its authentic Mexican fare, expanded into 415 S. Central Ave. in the fall of 2015 from the original location in Fells Point, which opened in 2002. The Little Italy location closed at the end of January. According to Baltimore City Board of Liquor License Commissioners’ documents, Clark…
UPDATE: AWS says that it is “fully recovered for operations for adding new objects in S3, which was our last operation showing a high error rate. The Amazon S3 service is operating normally.” EARLIER: Amazon.com Inc. says it believes it has a fix for the Amazon Web Services errors that froze out customers across the U.S. Tuesday. Amazon’s web-based Simple Storage Service (S3) experienced widespread problems that disrupted websites, apps and smart devices. AWS S3 hosts websites, images on websites…
Good morning, and happy March. Today is going to feel like a spring day. Temperatures will rise into the low 70s, and there’s going to be rain off and on, maybe even some thunderstorms. Here are eight things to know to get your Wednesday started. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps testified before Congress yesterday, advocating for greater anti-doping measures in sports. Phelps, a Baltimore native, says he never competed in a clean Olympics and knew of teammates and opponents alike who were doping…
