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Gift will fund scholarships for 100 students

Gift will fund scholarships for 100 students

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Health Care for the Homeless get $1.26 million federal grant

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Washington should support economic growth and reduce student loan debt

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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