Would you support mandatory paid sick leave if it meant fewer jobs, fewer available work hours, cuts in health care and retirement benefits, higher prices for goods and services, and if the mandate was paid for with a payroll tax assessed on workers? These questions were asked at random in a recent poll conducted by Annapolis-based Gonzales Research & Marketing …
House Bill Would Give Property Tax Break to New/Small Businesses
Known as the Personal Property Tax-Credit for New or Small Businesses, the bill, if passed, “would give every county in the state, as well as Baltimore city, the option to give a property tax credit up to 100 percent against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on property that is owned or leased by a new or small …
Industry Execs’ Outlook Optimistic For 2016, But Less So Than 2015
The construction industry expects higher profits in the coming year and an overall growth in the next two years, according to the 2016 Construction Industry Forecast by Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, an annual survey of construction executives conducted in the previous fall, now in its 40th year. While still bullish on the economy, the Wells Fargo Construction Optimism Quotient, a …