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 Howard County officials each year travel to New York City for a one-day trip where they meet the three bond rating agencies — Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch — that asses the credit rating. The county currently holds a top AAA bond rating from all three agencies. |   | |
 Advocates applauded Howard County lawmakers who are proposing expanding a scenic road buffer in the county. | | | |
 Defending 4A state champion Howard enters the 2019 Howard County baseball season as the team to beat. | | | |
 An inch or more of rain is forecast to fall across the Baltimore region Thursday as a low-pressure system moves up the East Coast, potentially strengthening into a storm known as a "bomb cyclone," meteorologists said. | | | |
 Sons of Jacquelyn Smith, who was slain in Baltimore, are asking the court to strip from her husband and alleged killer the control of her estate. | | | |
 Despite a ban on fracking within Maryland, Dominion Energy's new Cove Point liquefied natural gas export facility in Calvert County has made the state a player in the global LNG market — with U.S. shale gas leaving through Maryland and arriving in countries all across the globe. | | | |
 Despite a turnaround 22-10 season that included finishing fifth in the Big Ten and making the NCAA tournament for the fourth time in the past five years, coach Mark Turgeon and the Terps will try to end a five-game postseason losing streak when they play Thursday in Jacksonville, Fla. | | | |
 The Orioles looked to recent champions in Houston and Chicago to assemble the trio of general manager Mike Elias, manager Brandon Hyde and assistant general manager for analytics Sig Mejdal to take the team in a new direction | | | |
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