mayoo stephanie rawlings-blake announced a new 5-year deal with a new promoter...wnforce raaing."the group willlrun the baltimore grand wwekknd... froo thhs year through 2016.the new contract includes safeguards to protect the city from losing millions of dollars n unpaid taxes... llie it did last year. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake 55:48 i think it's in our best interest for our local economy, the best interest in the city, that we ove forward, but move forward without any risk to taxpayers 57 the contract will go to the board of estimates next wednesday for a final vote. city council president, jack young... who's expressed opposition to another racee.. alreadyysays his vote will be "no." g-m could be saying "you''e hired."they'rr expanding to baltimore county countygovernor martin o'malley toured the plant in whhte marsh, yesteday... where construction is underway on a new electric motor facility. phe company is developing hybrid technology that could help create hundreds of manuffcturing jobs..the ggal is to bring jobs back to the 3hem to other countries.cing

stephanie rawlings-blake has a money mess. in her "state of the city" address,,the mayoo outlinee her goals and priorities for the next year. plans include a both a tax incrrase,... and a tax cut... as well as a proposal to close some city schools and remodel others. she's pushing for passage of a new bottle tax increase that would generate an estimated 23- million dollars a year she says the money is necessary to make improvements to schools. <"it's a new tax and it's one we need to pass now... make it happen now."> now."> the mayor also beginning this year. the cut s would be 2 cents on a dollar. city council must approve her final budget plan. 3 the race forrthe republicaa presidential nommnation... appears to be a tie between mitt romney and rick santorum. santorum.that's according to two national polls.the latest gallup daily tracking poll shows 32-peecent of registered republicans favor romney... with 30-percent favoring santorum.newt gingrich trails behind with 16-percent... and ron paul with 8-percent.the latest pew research center poll showw similar percentages... but with a meeting involving leaders of the world's

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will deliver her third state of the city address today.it's streaming live at "live-dot- baltimore-city-dot-gov."you can also follow along through the mayoo'sfeed "@mayor s-r-b"... or with he hashtag "state offthe city." 2-30 this afterroon.e place at - ballimore may play host to 'ggand prix' races for another five years... espite the out in the aftermath of the - inaugural race. but that news has infuriated some of the endors who have still not been paid for last years event. while the city plans to announce plans for a new event operator later thhs week ... veedors are demanding they be paid, before the cityydecides to move forward. 'sunrise safety services' which made the signs for the event, lost aquarter of a million dollarr. (janet) "its just ssd that the city doesnt protect the vendors thathelped put this so called wonderful race together for them to make allthis money" money"lawsuits against the origgnal race organizer... are pending. get ready to pay more... next time you fill upp your car. car.the latest lundberg survey shhws gas prices are up &p12-cents a gallon... since last month.the nntionaa average for a regular gallon offgas