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Honest work for honest pay? Not in America, not anymore
For most of the last century, the basic bargain at the heart of the American economy was that employers paid their workers enough to buy what American employers were selling.
That basic bargain created a virtuous cycle of higher living standards, more...Tags: Henry Ford, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment, Buyback, Companies and Corporations
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Improvement in mortgage delinquencies in Maryland slows
The number of Maryland homeowners who are behind on their mortgages still is falling, but the pace of that decline has slowed as rising unemployment puts more pressure on borrowers, numbers released Monday show. The number of borrowers who were at...Tags: Interior Policy, Unemployment, Banking, Labor Markets, Housing and Urban Planning
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2 charged in identity theft involving unemployment claims
A routine traffic stop by a police officer in Georgia led authorities in Maryland to a suspected identity theft scheme in which state unemployment benefits totaling $170,000 were falsely obtained in the names of dozens of unwitting people. None of the...Tags: Interior Policy, Fraud, Employment Opportunities, Insurance, Justice System
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Md. lawmakers have mixed reactions to Obama's job speech
After hearing President Barack Obama plead Thursday for speedy passage of his $447 billion jobs package, Maryland lawmakers were divided about whether the plan would reduce the nation's stubbornly high unemployment.
State Democrats expressed near-...Tags: Crofton, Back to School, Wages and Pensions, Barack Obama, Barbara A. Mikulski
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Protect senior programs
It's no accident there's been a scarcity of meaningful conversation about what our presidential candidates have planned for Social Security and Medicare. Even in retiree-heavy Florida, details about the candidates' Social Security and Medicare proposals...Tags: Republican Party, Social Security, Mitt Romney, Democratic Party, Primaries
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Officials eye federal money for vacant homes
While most of the debate on President Barack Obama's jobs bill has focused on taxes, spending on infrastructure and unemployment insurance, housing officials in Baltimore and across the country are monitoring a little-remarked proposal to revitalize...Tags: Republican Party, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Homes, Hospitals and Clinics, Barack Obama
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O'Malley considering jobs bill
With the state unemployment rate inching upward, Gov. Martin O'Malley is considering several jobs measures when the General Assembly meets in special session next month, he said Wednesday. A top administration official said the package could include an...Tags: Republican Party, Research and Development, Barack Obama, Credit and Debt, Employment Opportunities
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1 in 4 Baltimore residents living in poverty
About one in four Baltimore residents is living in poverty, a one-year increase of more than 20 percent, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Although the recession officially ended in June 2009, a federal survey...Tags: Economic Policy, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Housing Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Colleges and Universities
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Md. Democrats balk at bipartisan tax deal
All but one Maryland Democrat in Congress bucked party leaders Friday to vote against extending a nationwide payroll tax break through the end of the year, most of them because of a requirement that newly hired federal workers contribute more to their...Tags: Republican Party, Benjamin L. Cardin, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore County, Employment Opportunities
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Tackling consumer crises in Maryland
Civil Justice might be small — you can count the full-time attorneys at the nonprofit legal assistance group on one hand — but its impact is anything but.
The Baltimore organization has trained more than 1,400 lawyers in foreclosure law so...Tags: Bankruptcy, Social Security, Corporate Crime, Wages and Pensions, Business Enterprises
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At 100th anniversary, Md. Legal Aid seeing record caseload
In happier times, David Gaines would have been able to find a job.
The 57-year-old Annapolis man was laid off in 2009 from his job as a sales manager for a company that supplied the drums, cones and message boards that alert motorists to construction....Tags: Glen Burnie, Poverty, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment, Justice System
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Federal spending in Maryland declines
Federal spending in Maryland dropped by nearly $1.4 billion last year — a setback for a state economy built largely on Washington dollars and a likely omen, analysts say, of further austerity to come. The pullback, which was revealed in census...Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Meade (military base), Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing, Employment Opportunities
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