The Maryland General Assembly is considering legislation that would impose more stringent regulations on the use of a common household product recently linked to the line-of-duty deaths of two career firefighters. Corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) is a thin, flexible piping material commonly used to carry fuel gases such as liquid petroleum and propane through residences and commercial buildings.
Anyone seen a whale? MGM National Harbor might be missing a few. MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) this week reported a $124 million decline in fourth-quarter regional gaming net revenue compared to the same quarter in 2022, according to its earnings report and its latest earnings call. MGM National Harbor’s dip in performance was a contributor, per the earnings report, combined with a union strike at MGM Grand Detroit and the sale of Gold Strike Tunica in Mississippi.
This article is part of the Baltimore Business Journal’s Black History Month series on up-and-coming Black-owned businesses. For more profiles, click here. For Kashad McPherson, there is no better place to be than on a boat on the Chesapeake Bay during sunset. McPherson, who goes by “Captain Kay,” is investing tens of thousands of dollars to expand his private boat chartering company Vibe and Wave Charters so that his company can get even more people from Baltimore’s Black communities out on the water.
The Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) has announced they may no longer be employing seasonal officers after this summer. According to Ocean City Police, a steady decline in seasonal officer interest, nationwide police reforms, and potential changes to the Maryland police certification process have led the Department to consider transitioning away from the seasonal officer program, a move the Department calls a “monumental change.”
A Maryland nonprofit is doing its part to curb youth violence in Maryland. Chase Your Dreams Initiative is partnering with Live Casino Maryland to host a Gun Violence Prevention Weekend in March. “All of our city and all of our county needs to know we are here to try to find solutions. We are getting to the root of violence,” Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley said. The weekend of events takes place March 9-10. It will feature music performances and discussions led by celebrity guests like NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver Terrell Owens and country singer Jimmie Allen.
The Frederick County Board of Education on Wednesday voted 6-1 to approve a budget request for the district to County Executive Jessica Fitzwater. The request approved by the board for the next fiscal year is the same as the recommended spending plan Frederick County Public Schools Superintendent Cheryl Dyson released in January. It totals about $991.5 million and represents an increase of about $81.3 million, or about 9%, from this year.
After a shooting brought Kansas City’s Super Bowl celebration to a halt, a security expert explained how to handle yourself in a similar situation Jared Krieger is the director of operations and training for Defender One Security in Reisterstown. The firm provides security for people, events, businesses and more. In the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting, Krieger said situational awareness is key if you find yourself at a packed event when an emergency breaks out.
State officials hired a new contractor to process payments to behavioral health providers, ditching a troubled system that wreaked havoc in the treatment community at a time when the coronavirus pandemic was increasing demand for mental health and addiction services. A state spending board approved the new contract Wednesday for up to nearly $340 million with Boston-based Carelon Behavioral Health Inc. replacing one with Minnesota-based Optum Inc., a subsidiary of the managed care giant UnitedHealth Group.
PNC may be adding to its Baltimore-area branch network after years of cutting back its physical footprint in the region. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: PNC) said Wednesday that it is investing about $1 billion to open more than 100 new branches nationwide and renovate over 1,200 existing locations through 2028. That initiative will impact the bank’s presence in Greater Baltimore, although details on exactly what it means for the region are scarce.
CFG Bank’s longtime CEO Bill Wiedel is no longer with the company, and the chief executive of the bank’s holding company, Capital Funding Bancorp, Inc., is now also the CEO of the bank. Jack Dwyer, who founded Capital Funding Bancorp in 2009, was announced as CFG Bank’s new CEO on Tuesday. The company’s press release did not mention Wiedel, who had been CEO since 2018.