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The lackluster economy prompted Gov. Martin O'Malley to propose erasing $84 million in planned spending for next year.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday will formally nominate Carolyn W. Colvin to head the Social Security Administration, where she has served as acting commissioner since last year.

Maryland's economy has grown almost without fail in the last quarter century, ticking up year after year. But 2013 was not among them.

The Social Security Administration will transfer more than 15 percent of its disability appeals cases from Baltimore to other cities in an effort to relieve what had become the third-worst processing delay in the nation, the agency said Friday.

As Maryland looks to re-energize its economy amid federal budget cuts and slow growth in the wake of the recession, the candidates vying to be the next governor each developed distinct plans for how to improve Maryland's business climate and promote job creation.

This time a week ago, Cornell was the lone undefeated team in Division I and was No. 2 in the nation.

Federal employment is expected to drop sharply in the span of a decade, government projections show, as budget cuts and retirements begin to reshape the workforce.

President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.9 trillion federal budget on Tuesday that calls for spending billions more on infrastructure, raising taxes on the wealthy and closing an income inequality gap the president has made a top target of his second term.

Round of hiring will create new government jobs for young attorneys

Newly named to head Baltimore's public schools, Gregory E. Thornton has unfinished business in the district he is leaving behind

Despite a slight decline in overall traffic at BWI Airport in 2013, international passengers increased by nearly 20 percent for the second straight year, airport officials said Monday.

New year began with memory of Pearl Harbor still fresh

Johns Hopkins University led U.S. universities with $2.106 billion spent on research in fiscal 2012, though that total fell at Hopkins and at universities across the country compared to the previous year, according to the National Science Foundation.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake pledged Wednesday to move forward with a new but smaller speed camera system despite the spate of problems that plagued Baltimore's last two speed camera vendors. She spoke after officials voted to terminate the most recent contract for running the city's system, once the largest in North America.

The Pentagon is targeting the Cold War-era 'Warthog' plane for retirement amid budget cuts.

Mr. Obama's spending and borrowing are visiting Eurosclerosis on America: slow growth, high youth unemployment and a level of debt that will force presidents in the next decade to dry dock the Navy and stand down the army to pay all the interest and the entitlements he has created.

During the past 2 1/2 to 3 years, our PTA has been actively involved in advocating for a new facility for YBES

With congressional negotiators far apart on taxes and spending, a status-quo budget agreement might be the best possible outcome

Vince Marucci and Joe DiGangi were in the same class at West Point, went to Stanford University for master's degrees, returned to West Point to teach and later ended up working at the same Columbia tech firm. So it's not surprising that they decided to start a business together. Their lives kept intersecting. Q&A with founders of Trusant Technologies.

The Cecil County man, convicted in a prescription pill case, was due to be sentenced in federal court last spring — until his attorney made an embarrassing admission to the judge: The federal defender's office could not afford to pay for documents the lawyer said he would need to represent his client.

Instead of fighting over imaginary crises, the federal government needs to focus on the real one: the weak economy.

Congress Wednesday night approved a bipartisan deal to reopen the government and extend the nation's $16.7 trillion debt ceiling into early next year, a measure that will send tens of thousands of federal employees in Maryland back to work.

Gov. Martin O'Malley is directing state health officials to research and document the treatment of African-American mental health patients at the now-shuttered Crownsville Hospital Center.

The effects of the sequester are devastating for young biomedical researchers.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is no trade off between addressing inequality and promoting economic growth.

Six months after former Social Security Administration commissioner Michael J. Astrue left his post, the Obama administration has yet to nominate a replacement — leaving a leadership gap as the agency wrestles with shrinking budgets and hard choices.

The Pentagon on Tuesday cut the number of furlough days for 650,000 Defense Department civilians from 11 to six — a welcome surprise for workers who have been saddled with a 20 percent pay-cut since early July.

Adversarial system depends on adequate resources for both sides

Sen. Ben Cardin's complaints about the sequester ring hollow.

Eric Cantor is making a mistake in attempting to cut funds for behavioral and social science research.

Mary Theresa Nipwoda, a lab technician at Aberdeen Proving Ground, did what she could to prepare for the 20-percent pay cut she knew was coming this week.

Maryland employers made up most of April's lost ground with a gain of 4,600 jobs in May, but the state's unemployment rate still rose to 6.7 percent, the U.S. Department of Labor said.

The University of Maryland Medical Center will send layoffs notices to employees at the end of the month as it looks to cut costs in the wake of federal budget cuts and what the state's hospitals have called inadequate rate increases.

An op-ed on St. Mary's fails to understand what makes the school unique.

Ehrlich distorts the facts about Obamacare

Favorable real estate and consumer confidence indicators show U.S. economic recovery has legs — if Congress doesn't cut them off

St. Mary's College of Maryland has only locked in about two-thirds of the students it needs for a full freshman class next school year, a shortfall that could cost the public liberal arts school $3.5 million in lost tuition.

Five air traffic control towers in Maryland that had been slated to shut down in June as a result of federal budget cuts are now expected to remain open, federal officials said Wednesday — easing fears that the closures could have backed up traffic at BWI Marshall Airport.

Newspaper is wrong to criticize Anne Arundel stormwater tax veto

Robert Reich writes that despite progress on social issues, when it comes to economic matters, big money still talks.

Sen. Ben Cardin lamented snowballing damage from federal budget cuts in town hall meetings with federal workers and small business leaders Friday, pledging to work toward an alternative budget solution by October.

One month after across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration began there are signs the impact on the economy — even in a state such as Maryland with strong ties to the federal government — might not be as severe as initially feared.

Private pilots across Maryland and two commercial airlines will have their wings clipped next month as the Federal Aviation Administration closes five air traffic control towers as part of an effort to comply with across-the-board budget cuts mandated by Congress.

The homeless in Maryland will receive $45.6 million from the Obama Administration for housing and local services, the U.S. Department of House and Urban Development announced Wednesday.