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Let’s make Maryland ‘open for business’ again | GUEST COMMENTARY
Last month, Google unveiled plans to invest more than $1 billion to expand its data centers in Virginia. The investment promises to create hundreds of jobs and serve as an economic engine, generating tax revenue not only in Loudon and Prince William counties, where the centers are to be located, but throughout the entire state. For Virginia, this sort of economic development is not unprecedented. The state is currently ranked as the second-best state for business in the nation.
Meanwhile, Maryland stands at a crossroads, holding the necessary ingredients to be one of the most competitive states but consistently losing out to those around us. Maryland beat Virginia in job growth for four consecutive years between 2015-2018. Maryland was open for business then, and we can be again.
With a prime location in the mid-Atlantic, world-renowned academic research institutions such as Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland, and a highly skilled workforce that ranks among the best in the nation, it should be a top destination for businesses. Yet Maryland does not rank in the top 10.
Our inability to attract business has a tangible impact on the lives of everyday Marylanders. In January, our comptroller released a report indicating that our economy has not seen substantial growth since 2017. Between the lack of new economic opportunities and persistently surging costs, we are witnessing a decline in the state’s residents and a widening gap between Virginia and Maryland’s economic growth.
As we look to reverse this trend, Maryland must do more to incentivize growth and reduce bureaucratic obstacles.
By offering tax incentives and grants, the Commonwealth was able to reign in billions of dollars in investment from companies like Amazon. More broadly, in 2023, the industry provided the state with over 26,000 jobs, $640 million in state tax revenue, and $47 billion in total economic output.
Recognizing the value data centers can bring, former Gov. Larry Hogan took proactive steps to provide tax incentives to encourage data center development in 2020. While current Gov. Wes Moore is continuing the momentum by providing new incentives in this year’s session, such as streamlining regulatory processes for the industry, we have not addressed the other central issue for Maryland’s economy: overregulation.
This past session, that issue became even worse. Counterintuitive to Governor Moore’s goal of bringing data center growth to our state and uplifting small businesses, lawmakers passed significant, overreaching data privacy legislation. While their intent was reasonable, the legislation they finalized will severely hamstring small business owners across the state, while continuing to pull back the welcome mat from future investments.
Contrary to Virginia’s sensible and clear opt-out provision, Maryland’s new privacy bill essentially calls for our state’s businesses to secure opt-in agreements for processes like customized online experiences and ad measurement. Not even California, the first state to enact major privacy legislation, requires such a provision. As a result, only larger firms with deep pockets will be able to effectively reach their target audiences online and manage the compliance requirements required to do so — harming the vibrant competition in our state’s economy and putting small, locally grown businesses at a steep disadvantage.
As Governor Moore works toward welcoming meaningful investments in the state, we should hope the administration keeps in mind the need to improve our competitive positioning in the region. To break this trend, our course is clear: take a page from Virginia’s playbook and cut out unnecessary red tape while encouraging the growth of promising new industries. By taking these sensible steps, we can unleash Maryland’s full potential and once again make Maryland Open for Business.
Michael Gill (mgill@evergreenadvisorsllc.com) served as Maryland’s secretary of commerce from 2015-’19 and 2022-’23. He also served as the state’s secretary of business and economic development in 2015, among other roles.
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Northwestern beats Maryland 76-74 on Nick Martinelli’s jumper just before the OT buzzer – WTOP News
Nick Martinelli made a baseline jumper just before the overtime buzzer to help Northwestern snap a three-game losing streak with a 76-74 victory over Maryland on Thursday night.
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Nick Martinelli made a baseline jumper just before the overtime buzzer to help Northwestern snap a three-game losing streak with a 76-74 victory over Maryland on Thursday night.
Northwestern led 64-56 with 4:43 left in regulation before Maryland closed on an 11-2 run, capped by Ja’Kobi Gillespie’s layup with 6.9 seconds left to tie it at 68-all. Northwestern guard Brooks Barnhizer had a layup hit off the back iron at the other end and Derik Queen secured the defensive rebound.
In overtime, Gillespie made a layup with 6.9 seconds left to tie it at 74-all and he poked it away from Ty Berry at the other end. The ball deflected off Maryland forward Julian Reese, giving Northwestern possession with 0.7 seconds left.
Martinelli broke free on a screen and sank a runner in front of the Northwestern bench as his teammates came onto the court to celebrate.
Martinelli finished with 22 points for Northwestern (11-6, 2-4 Big Ten). Barnhizer had 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, and Berry scored 15.
Reese led Maryland (13-5, 3-4) with 23 points. Gillespie added 14, Rodney Rice had 13 and Queen grabbed 14 rebounds to go with nine points. The Terrapins were hurt by 16 turnovers.
There were 11 lead changes and nine ties in the first half that ended with Northwestern leading 38-37 after Martinelli beat the buzzer with a shot in the lane. The game finished with 16 ties and 15 lead changes.
Maryland hosts Nebraska on Sunday, while Northwestern plays at No. 20 Michigan.
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Nick Martinelli made a baseline jumper just before the overtime buzzer to help Northwestern snap a three-game losing streak with a 76-74 victory over Maryland on Thursday night at Welsh–Ryan Arena in Evanston.
Northwestern led 64-56 with 4:43 left in regulation before Maryland closed on an 11-2 run, capped by Ja’Kobi Gillespie’s layup with 6.9 seconds left to tie it at 68-all. Northwestern guard Brooks Barnhizer had a layup hit off the back iron at the other end and Derik Queen secured the defensive rebound.
In overtime, Gillespie made a layup with 6.9 seconds left to tie it at 74-all and he poked it away from Ty Berry at the other end. The ball deflected off Maryland forward Julian Reese, giving Northwestern possession with 0.7 seconds left.
Martinelli broke free on a screen and sank a runner in front of the Northwestern bench as his teammates came onto the court to celebrate.
Martinelli finished with 22 points for Northwestern (11-6, 2-4 Big Ten). Barnhizer had 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, and Berry scored 15.
Reese led Maryland (13-5, 3-4) with 23 points. Gillespie added 14, Rodney Rice had 13 and Queen grabbed 14 rebounds to go with nine points. The Terrapins were hurt by 16 turnovers.
There were 11 lead changes and nine ties in the first half that ended with Northwestern leading 38-37 after Martinelli beat the buzzer with a shot in the lane. The game finished with 16 ties and 15 lead changes.
Former Maryland star quarterback Boomer Esiason hasn’t been shy to voice his opinions if he believes he’s right — especially about his alma mater. He starred at Maryland from 1979-83 and set 17 school records. He knows a thing or two about having success in college and Esiason isn’t having it that Mike Locksley interviewed for the New York Jets’ head coaching job.
On his morning show, he slammed the Maryland head coach. Esiason believes the Jets interviewed Locksley as a favor to his agent and the Jets likely don’t have any interest in Locksley as their head coach.
“I think one of the reasons Mike Locksley, the head coach at the University of Maryland, got an interview was because that was a favor for the agent. And probably a little bit of a favor for Mike to show the University of Maryland that Mike, you know, could leave at any time. And I’m sure Mike’s feeling a lot of pressure because it hasn’t gone well for the University of Maryland football team over the last three to four years now,” Esiason said on Boomer and Gio, his show on New York sports radio station WFAN.
Locksley has gone 33-41 as the head man at Maryland and the Terrapins are coming off of a 4-8 season. While Locksley hasn’t done a bad job with Maryland, it’s never going to be easy to compete in the Big Ten against Michigan, Ohio State, or Oregon. The NIL era is upon us and those colleges are going to do a better job recruiting year-in and year-out.
“I don’t suspect that it’s going to get any better. He can recruit as much as he wants, but his team becomes a development ground for Michigan, Ohio State, Alabama, LSU, teams that have a lot more money, although supposedly they’ll have the same amount of money and be able to share it with their athletes moving forward because of that lawsuit that finally came to an end.”
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