Business

The president of Morgan State University called on legislators to intervene after Towson University was given approval to start a business degree program that he says is similar to one at Morgan State. Morgan State President David K. Wilson wrote in a June 30 letter to Democratic State Sen. Brian J Feldman and Del. Vanessa E. Atterbeary that Towson University seems to be attempting to gain R2 status, a classification of high research activity, by copying Morgan State’s programs.

A Baltimore judge has tacked 60 days onto an order requiring Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. to temporarily halt the installation of external gas pressure regulators without homeowners’ consent and to restore gas services to residents who object to the equipment’s placement. Circuit Court Judge John S. Nugent on Friday denied BGE’s motion to cancel a preliminary injunction hearing that was scheduled for Monday.

This week’s jobs report showed there are far more openings than people to fill them. Now, more businesses are turning to teens to fill open roles this summer. “I don’t know really any industry that’s not actively hiring right now, for big and small roles,” said Patrick Morrissey, the Chief Growth Officer with recruiting firm HireVue.

Workers at a northwest Baltimore nursing home have voted to join one of the largest health care unions in the country, becoming the latest health care workers in the Baltimore-Washington corridor to seek union representation in recent months. Employees at Autumn Lake Healthcare’s Arlington West facility voted 34-1 in favor of joining 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East in late May.

Johns Hopkins Medicine will soon start charging patients for sending messages to their doctors through its online portal — joining a growing group of health systems around the country making the move in the industry’s pandemic-driven embrace of virtual care. The Baltimore-based nonprofit said Wednesday in a letter to patients that it made the decision “after careful review” and “as a way to make sure our clinicians have the time they need to review and respond appropriately to your concerns, just as they would with an in-person or video visit.”

Soccer returned to M&T Bank Stadium for the first time in seven years last year but there won’t be a repeat performance this summer. English Premier League teams and London rivals Chelsea F.C. and Fulham F.C. had originally wanted to play a friendly game at M&T Bank Stadium this year but the game will instead take place at FedEx Field in Prince George’s County due to scheduling conflicts with Orioles games.

A pharmacy in Cumberland, Maryland, agreed to pay a $120,000 civil penalty and enter a consent decree restricting opioid prescriptions, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Neither pharmacist John Beckman nor his business, Beckman’s Pharmacy, has admitted liability, yet the government says its claims of improper prescriptions are well-founded.

A Mexican restaurant in Baltimore that started as a food truck in Columbia has expanded again — this time into Carroll County. Taqueria La Patrona opened a stationary food truck location at 1305 Liberty Road in Eldersburg on July 1. The location adds to the traditional Mexican restaurant’s portfolio, which has a food truck in the Columbia area and a brick-and-mortar location at 101 W. Lexington St. that opened in August 2022.