Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Unemployment Benefits published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 2302
» View baltimoresun.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-192
•
Next >
-
Sparrows Point steel mill will close in June
The owner of the financially ailing Sparrows Point steel plant is idling operations there, warning 1,975 workers Thursday that they would be laid off starting next month.
The news, the latest casting doubt on the future of the Baltimore County facility,...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Department of Justice, Bethlehem Steel, Labor Legislation, Plant Closings
-
Maryland names interim labor secretary
Maryland's deputy secretary of labor stepped up Thursday as interim secretary, filling a job emptied when Alexander M. Sanchez left this week to become chief of staff to Baltimore's mayor. Scott R. Jensen worked two stints at the state Department of...Tags: Labor Legislation, Easton (Talbot, Maryland)
-
Robert B. Reich: The tinderbox societies
On May 1, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its highest peak since December 2007. But April's jobs report was a disappointment -- only 115,000 new jobs were created. At least 125,000 are required each month just to keep up with the growth of our...
Tags: Dow Jones Industrial Average, Productivity, Robert B. Reich, China, Computing and Information Technology Industry
-
Case closed: Teen pregnancy is poverty's offspring
There is good news — and some familiar bad news — in recent research into the stubborn question of why our babies have babies when it is such a spectacularly bad idea for both mother and child. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...Tags: Television Industry, Poverty, Pension and Welfare, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sarah Brown
-
Government waste extends beyond Vegas
Thank you, Susan Reimer, for expressing my outrage over how taxpayers are shafted and played for fools ("From Cartagena to Vegas, partying on taxpayers' dime," April 23). The way the government squanders our money is obscene, and it's too bad Occupy...Tags: Employment Opportunities, U.S. Department of State, Employment
-
Harford County Police Blotter
Harford Sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Dishesha M. Laurey, 24, of the 100 block of Hamilton Place, was charged Thursday with second-degree assault. William Franklin Richardson, 47, of the 800 block of Gilbert Road, was...Tags: Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Maryland State Police, Rite Aid Corp., Nintendo Company Ltd., Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
-
Bankruptcy trustee settles in at Baltimore Jewish Times
The new face in the office of the publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times and Style Magazine is Zvi Guttman, a man in a black yarmulke, white shirt, dark tie and black suspenders who settled into the conference room Monday, opened his laptop and began the...Tags: Judaism, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Financially Distressed Companies, Breach of Contract, Wells Fargo & Co.
-
Eight things you might not know about Social Security
Most of us know some basics about Social Security. We understand retirees can start taking retirement benefits at age 62. We realize we'll get a bigger monthly check if we wait a few years more until our normal retirement age to tap benefits. And who...Tags: 401K, Boston College, Finance, Charles Schwab, Retirement
-
Land of pleasant living — thanks to your taxes, folks
I heard from a self-described Maryland millionaire. His name was Les. He was kind of cranky. He put the hate on me for Tuesday's column about state Sen. Bobby Zirkin (Democrat and defender of millionaires), and Les condemned the Maryland Senate for...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Republican Party, Robert A. Zirkin
-
Tax 'facts' that wouldn't fool a fifth-grader
The shad, America's founding fish, has started its annual run up the Chesapeake Bay and into the Susquehanna River, and here in Maryland, Land of Pleasant Living, there's been a run of foolish facts, too. My email box has been full of them lately, a...
Tags: Federal Income Tax, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, State Income Tax, Taxation, Pension and Welfare
-
Obama's choice: Higher gas prices, weaker economy
Campaigning for office, President Barack Obama promised to do something about high gas prices, but now he is denying he can do much about what Americans pay to drive. He is too modest. In September 2008, Steven Chu said to The Wall Street Journal:...
Tags: Energy Saving, Gasoline Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Steven Chu, Bonds
-
Who's right about church and state, Kennedy or Santorum?
Much has been written and said recently about the First Amendment and freedom of religion in the context of the current political atmosphere. Many of the most provocative comments have been about contraception, abortion rights and health insurance. Some...Tags: Civil Rights, Employment Opportunities, Rick Santorum, Health Treatments, Laws
May 24, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 17, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 9, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 16, 2012
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Apr 24, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 6, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 19, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 11, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 24, 2012
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Mar 28, 2012
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Apr 2, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 14, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Original site for Unemployment Benefits topic gallery.
