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Baltimore is one of five U.S. cities that's teaming up with Starbucks to host town hall-style gatherings at neighborhood coffee shops in the hope of hashing out solutions to community problems

Broadband Internet does not just mean fast download speeds and video that's not jumpy. Organizers of the Carroll Technology Council's first Broadband Symposium hope residents will see the possibilities for technological leaps in education, economics, medicine and business.

We need to build on it to establish a true and equitable apprenticeship system in the United States. An apprenticeship system spanning business sectors would create more direct, intentional paths between job seekers and well-paying jobs.