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041615 BLT Daily Layout.Indd Hernandez gets life Real estate insider Former Patriots star Aaron Hernandez Apartment building boom convicted of first-degree murder, may be delaying area’s sentenced to life in prison. 11A first-time homebuyers. 10A Thursday, April 16, 2015 Volume 126 | Number 134 TheDailyRecord.com Power on the water: MARYLAND BUILT, MARYLAND OWNED City reaches settlement with Unisys for $4.8M Agreement over property tax software ends 3-year battle BY DANNY JACOBS [email protected] The City of Baltimore will receive $4.8 million to settle a breach of contract law- suit with an IT company over the city’s property tax system software. The Board of Estimates approved the settlement with Unisys Corp. at the city spending panel’s meeting Wednesday new tugboat built in Salisbury morning, ending three years of federal litigation. by Chesapeake Shipbuilding The city and Unisys entered an agree- was delivered to Baltimore ment in May 2002 to modernize and inte- this week for Vane Brothers, grate the city’s tax system in the hopes of a Baltimore company more creating a single tax bill for real and per- sonal property owners in Baltimore. But Athan a century old that operates tugs and by December 2010 the system still had barges from New York to Jacksonville. not gone live and a test found 217 “critical Kings Point, the 10th boat built by Chesa- SEE SETTLEMENT 13A peake for Vane Brothers, is headed for the company’s facility in New York. Top: Capt. Bob Buchanan. Right: Deckhand Mario Alvarez throws a line from the bow. Below, chief engineer Dale Fitchett at one of the Panel OKs boat’s two 1,500-horsepower diesels. MAXIMILIAN FRANZ rate increase for hospitals BY DAN LEADERMAN [email protected] Maryland’s Health Services Cost Re- view Commission voted Wednesday to allow a small increase in hospital rates for the last two months of fiscal 2015. The increase, which will go into effect May 1, will raise a total about $15 million to fund efforts to improve the sharing of information between health care providers and develop care-management systems for patients with chronic conditions, according to SEE BOARD 5A Auction sales 19B News briefs 4A Lawyer to lawyer 14, 19A $269 per year For subscriptions Calendar 6A Law briefs 14A Online today 2A call 1-800-451-9998 or email Employment 18A Litigation support 14, 19A Public notice 1B INDEX $2 per copy [email protected] 2A THEDAILYRECORD.COM Thursday, April 16, 2015 ONLINE TODAY BLOGS UPCOMING SPECIAL Before you hit “Send” IN CASE YOU MISSED IT READ on that email... PUBLICATIONS AND E. REGINE FRANCOIS Business sees mostly positives in legislative session ADAM BEDNAR FOCUS SECTIONS I am sure you have Business Buzz heard of the brouhaha that The 2015 General Assembly session that ended at mid- has been swirling around April 17 Eye on Annapolis night Tuesday didn’t create any new hurdles for companies the media regarding former in Maryland, but advocates still believe there is work to be Higher Generation J.D. Secretary of State Hillary done before the state is truly “open for business.” Education Ground Up Clinton and her failure to There were no new mandates in terms of workforce reg- use the State Department’s On the Record ulation and a package of bills aimed at addressing concerns email when conducting of- raised by a commission formed to improve the state’s busi- TWITTER ficial business. As this saga ness climate passed. The bills do not become law unless unravels and the possibility signed by Gov. Larry Hogan. 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SPENCER GREEN Leocha said, “it is time that the DOT and Groups of passengers wait at a United Airlines gate to board a flight in separate numbered lanes at O’Hare International Airport in FAA take a stand for humane treatment Chicago. Planes are filled with more passengers than ever before, fliers are older and heavier and tall travelers no longer get exit row seats of passengers.” for free. All of this, flight attendants warn, is leading to an increased amount of air rage and raises other safety questions. Fliers last summer squeezed into the least amount of personal space in the tion to pre-flight safety briefings, espe- Air, said the No. 1 thing vacationers care history of flying. In July, U.S. airlines cially now that they can use electronic about is price. sold a record 87.8 percent of seats on devices from gate to gate. “The only way we can offer a low air- domestic flights, according to the Bu- Pennsylvania Attorney General fare ... is to increase the seating density reau of Transportation Statics. That Kathleen Kane, who chairs the DOT so we can divide the cost of operating figure includes seats obtained through committee, noted concern that the FAA a flight among the greatest number of frequent flier miles but does not include The only way we can does not factor in human panic, espe- people possible,” Hansen said. seats occupied by airline employees fly- offer a low airfare ... is cially parents who might take extra time The DOT has seen an increase in ing for free. to increase the seating to ensure their children are safe before passenger complaints but few regard- “Unfortunately, the days of the evacuating.
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