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State chronically undervalues vacant land in Baltimore, report finds A report from the Center for Land Economics suggests that state tax assessors have systematically undervalued Baltimore's vacant lots.

State chronically undervalues vacant land in Baltimore, report finds www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/ho...

Baltimore County Council rejects Klausmeier’s pick for inspector general The Baltimore County Council was to vote Monday night on the nomination of former EPA program manager Khadija Walker to be inspector general. County Executive Kathy Klausmeier tapped Walker to replace...

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GOLDMAN: “.. We expect GDP growth to remain below potential at 1% in Q3 and Q4, implying 1.1% growth Q4/Q4.”

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Oh you’re not alone — I definitely considered a quick walk down there today, just no time for it.

Due to a nearby structural concern, Metro Subway trains will bypass Lexington Market Station at reduced speeds until further notice. City structural inspections are expected Monday morning. MDOT MTA engineers will meet with city i...
https://mta.maryland.gov/service-alerts/23605

"Cutting drug prices by 1500%" means the drug company is now paying you $1400 to take a pill that they used to sell for $100.

Etching restoration cleaning by Craig Flinner in Hampden — before, during, & after

How many rust belt cities successfully halted if not reversed their declines because of their universities and academic institutions? Pittsburgh is the poster child, but Baltimore owes a lot to this too. This is going to be a completely man-made disaster for them.

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My wife’s a schoolteacher, so during the school year I do all the cooking, but she takes over for summer. I’ve been enjoying the break, but posts like these have me looking forward to donning the apron again.

It's widely believed that Vermeer used a camera obscura to trace his almost photo-realistic images. I don't think it diminishes from his unique accomplishments as an artist.

Edies — can you see the resemblance? The modern one attended St. Tim’s. I don’t know if she was a brownie or a spider.

Former Thunder groundskeeper Nicole Sherry inducted into Trenton Baseball Hall of Fame Former Thunder groundskeeper Nicole Sherry, who has gone on to be the head groundskeeper for the Baltimore Orioles, was inducted into the Trenton Baseball Hall of Fame.

Former Thunder groundskeeper Nicole Sherry, who has gone on to be the head groundskeeper for the Baltimore Orioles, was inducted into the Trenton Baseball Hall of Fame. https://trib.al/Q5VrqFf

It isn’t that Amtrak is all that great, it’s just that driving and flying are really miserable.

Worth the visit ☺️

The Frick was an uncomfortable place on multiple levels. The Morgan Library was fairly dour but still a pleasant visit.

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Orioles’ Mike Elias on trade deadline, pitching, Mansolino, ownership CHICAGO—Here are excerpts from Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias’ post-trade deadline video conference call on Friday: Is Elias happy with the team’s development of pitching? “We haven’t brought in a lot of real, real high draft picks on the pitching side. A little more recently, but early in the rebuild we wanted and […]

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Turkey’s Erdogan Fires Statistics Chief After Record Inflation The president of the Turkish statistical institute, Sait Dincer, was removed from office and replaced by Erhan Cetinkaya, who had been deputy president of Turkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision A...

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The BLS employment report can be subject to 'sampling error' - the chance the survey sample doesn't match the characteristics of the total population. The employment survey has a confidence interval of 90%. That means there is a 90% chance the number is on the order of plus or minus 136,000. 1/4

Yikes

The revisions are far more significant than the headline number.

“.. Hard to overstate how bad this jobs report was.”

Hiring Slowed in July, With 73,000 New Jobs July’s report comes as policymakers are grappling with competing narratives of the economy.

Hiring slowed as the U.S. economy added 73,000 jobs in July. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%.

That is a very big revision.

May and June revised down by combined 258,000. That's a very significant sign of weakening.