personal income

• Business

Kevin Plank donates $1 million to Baltimore Catholic schools

Gift will fund scholarships for 100 students

• Baltimore City

Kevin Plank donates $1 million to Baltimore Catholic schools

Gift will fund scholarships for 100 students

• Maryland

Nonprofit View: Shepherd's Staff serves those with critical needs

Founded in 1991, The Shepherd's Staff is an ecumenical Christian organization that exists "to reach out to those in crisis, to aid those in need, to support those in trouble, to seek out and encourage pathways to self-sufficiency, and to be a witness for Christ in our community." Our guests include homeless and low-income individuals; employed, under- and unemployed residents; veterans, single parents, grandparents and extended families; out-of-school youth and elderly individuals on fixed

• Opinion

Funding affordable housing

A ballot measure in November could expand the supply of new and renovated homes for low-income families

• Health

Maryland Medicaid patients to participate in diabetes prevention programs

The state health department has chosen four companies to help Medicaid patients at risk for diabetes adopt lifestyle changes.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Aug 31, 2016

• Baltimore City

Stokes postpones work session on Port Covington tax deal

City Councilman Carl Stokes, who is chairman of a committee vetting a massive tax deal for the Port Covington development, has postponed today's work session on the project.

By Luke Broadwater

Aug 29, 2016

• Baltimore City

Baltimore will vote on affordable housing trust fund in November

A proposal to amend the Baltimore City charter to set up a trust fund for low and extremely low income households will appear on the general election ballot in November, after an affordable housing advocacy group submitted more than 18,100 signatures in support of it.

By Colin Campbell

Aug 29, 2016

• Baltimore City

Advocates, council members demand affordable housing requirement at Port Covington

The debate over the massive Port Covington project turned even more heated Tuesday as advocates and Baltimore City Council members demanded that the developer be required to provide a certain amount of affordable housing, saying they would not support a project that leads to increased racial and economic segregation.

By Luke Broadwater

Aug 23, 2016

• Health

Patients, supporters of Chase Brexton protest firings of workers

Patients come out Friday to call for better care and to support health care providers who were fired just a head of a vote on unionizing

By Meredith Cohn

Aug 19, 2016

• Health

Health Care for the Homeless get $1.26 million federal grant

Health Care for the Homeless get $1.26 million federal grant

By Meredith Cohn

Jul 5, 2016

• Politics

Maryland General Assembly session ends with criminal justice reforms, no income tax breaks

The General Assembly agreed Monday to sweeping changes in Maryland's criminal justice policies, but failed to reach a deal that would have given residents their first major income tax break in nearly two decades.

• Howard County

Amid growing needs, Howard Community College carves space for food pantry

Food pantries are cropping up alongside corporate cafes and dining halls on college campuses across the country -- including Howard County Community College. On community college campuses ¿ the home of many untraditional students with diverse needs ¿ pantries serve a unique purpose.

By Fatimah Waseem

Mar 9, 2016

• News

Hogan proposes giving Northrop Grumman $20 million to secure division headquarters and jobs

Gov. Larry Hogan is proposing $20 million in funding for defense and aerospace giant Northrop Grumman, designed to retain the company's newly created Mission Systems divisional headquarters in Linthicum and 10,000 jobs in Maryland.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Feb 19, 2016

• Maryland

Charles Lane: Switch to taxing consumption

• Howard County

Haven on the Lake maintains exclusionary policies [Letter]

Columbia Association's website states that its mission is to "(work) everyday in hundreds of ways to make Columbia an even better place to live, work and play." To that end, they created what the website calls "income qualified rates" so that lower income Columbia residents could afford membership. This option is not available at Haven on the Lake.

• Editorial

Pension pandering [Editorial]

Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan's proposal to exempt police pensions from Maryland income tax is a mistake.

• Opinion

Clean power and energy efficiency for all Md. residents [Commentary]

Now is the time to contact Gov. Martin O'Malley to remind him how important it is to ramp up work by our utilities and state agencies to deliver energy efficiency, which reduces the need to generate electricity with fuels that create the carbon pollution that harms our health and planet. Our state must invest more money, and do so more effectively, especially in our housing stock. Not only will that protect our cherished Chesapeake Bay by reducing pollution, it will benefit households struggling

• Consumers

Consumer spending high in Maryland, but so is income

Maryland might be a relatively pricey place to live, but the average resident can afford it — and then some. That's what a first-ever breakdown of consumer spending by state suggests.

• Maryland

Gene Stanton, Democrat [Profile]

• Opinion

In Md. governor's race, the pot calls the kettle black [Editorial]

The Maryland Democratic Party would have us believe it's Larry Hogan's use of public funds that's worrisome, not the casino interests funding Anthony Brown

• Opinion

Most improper EITC payments are made in error, not as a result of fraud [Letter]

Most improper EITC payments are made in error, not as a result of fraud

• Baltimore City

Troubled Reservoir Hill apartment complex to be razed

A troubled Reservoir Hill property that came to be known as "Murder Mall" will be demolished under an agreement that's left some residents relieved, but others worried about where they'll go.

• Politics

Hogan blames O'Malley-Brown for 'food deserts'

Hogan blames O'Malley-Brown for 'food deserts'

• Opinion

Rep. Paul Ryan's anti-poverty plan is heartfelt but unworkable [Letter]

Rep. Paul Ryan's anti-poverty plan is heartfelt but unworkable

• Opinion

Build on rising consumer confidence [Letter]

Washington should support economic growth and reduce student loan debt

• Opinion

U.S. labor numbers don't tell the labor story [Commentary]

The Labor Department is expected to report this week that the economy added 235,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.1 percent. But that hardly tells the story.

• ShopRite

City says largest supermarket to open in Howard Park after years of lobbying

Residents who have lived one of Baltimore's many "food deserts" will soon have more access to fresh meats and produce as the city's largest grocery store opens in Howard Park Thursday.

• Opinion

Ryan's safety net [Editorial]

When it comes to welfare, Paul Ryan gets two things right — expand the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and don't use reforms as a means to cut federal spending

• Harford

Who carries the tax burden? [Editorial]

After all, unlike in 1776 when there was taxation without representation, in our era, tax policies are made by people who answer to those of us who vote.

• Howard County

Howard Co. Housing Commission to buy Columbia Commons

The Howard County Housing Commission plans to purchase a 200-unit mixed-income residential apartment complex in Columbia's village of Kings Contrivance, according to the commission's top official.

• Environment

State funds lead abatement, weatherization help

The state has contracted with a Baltimore-based nonprofit to help low-income families in the suburbs improve the safety and energy efficiency of their homes.

• Maryland

Our vets deserve better [Editorial]

• High Schools

Milford Mill students get a boost before they get to calculus

Students at Milford Mill Academy are taking a summer course to prepare for AP calculus next year. It's part of an effort to improve scores on the national exam.

• Politics

Hogan tells veterans he would eliminate state income tax on military pensions

• Maryland

Wack steps down from Access Carroll board

One of the key architects of Access Carroll, Dr. Robert Wack stepped down as chairman of the nonprofit's board June 30, after shepherding the health clinic for low-income and uninsured Carroll residents from cradle to its present maturity.

• Opinion

An undeserved debt [Commentary]

Students saddled with debt from fraudulent for-profit schools should have a way to challenge the situation in court.

• Opinion

Hogan and Hobby Lobby [Letter]

The Hobby Lobby case may not affect Maryland directly, but the next governor's views on women's reproductive health matter.

• Opinion

Tea party groups never wanted tax exemption in the first place [Letter]

Tea party groups never wanted tax exemption in the first place.

• Baltimore City

Coupons for farmers' market food available for low-income Baltimore seniors

Low-income seniors in Baltimore can receive a coupon book good for $30 in food from any Maryland farmers' market.

• Baltimore City

City increases discounts on water bills for low-income families, seniors

Low income residents and seniors will receive more money off their water bills, under increases to assistance programs Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Wednesday.

• Opinion

Warning signs for Md.'s budget [Editorial]

The cuts O'Malley made were necessary and may prove insufficient; nonetheless, state finances are in better shape than they've been in years.

• Highway and Road Transportation

Some neighbors unhappy as plans coalesce for Cardinal Gibbons

A plan to build subsidized housing on the former Cardinal Gibbons School campus in southwest Baltimore has met with some opposition from nearby communities with concerns about traffic and property values.

• Maryland

Laws including high-proof grain alcohol ban take effect Tuesday

Today Maryland joins other states in halting the sale of grain alcohol due to health concerns and a push from university presidents.

• News

Troubled health exchange must continue to serve

Exchange officials take on 'huge challenge' of running old and new sites

• Sun Investigates

People's health center creditors include Baltimore City government

Among the financial obligations facing People's Community Health Centers -- which is closing its clinics at the end of the month -- is a lawsuit from the City of Baltimore.

• Baltimore City

Closing of health centers causes patients to scramble

With People's Community Health Centers closing its five low-cost clinics in Baltimore and Anne Arundel, patients are concerned about what happens next and officials are trying to find other providers to fill the void.

• Anne Arundel

People's Community Health Centers to close in Baltimore, Arundel

A nonprofit health clinic that treats thousands of patients at centers in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel County is closing its doors at the end of the month.

• Business

A bumpy year for Maryland's economy

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

• Maryland

Lollar platform centers on cutting taxes

• Maryland

GOP's Hogan touts ability to work with Democrats