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Robert Reich writes that America has long seen a struggle between regressives and progressives, and the current conflict may presage another era of progressive reform.

All politicians think about is raising taxes on the poor, even though the average worker is already taxed to the breaking point

Maryland employers will continue paying the maximum rates for the state's unemployment-insurance tax next year but could see the amount notch down in 2013, state officials say.

Marylanders to get 13 more weeks of federal unemployment benefits

As many as 58,000 Marylanders might be eligible next week for a new federally funded extension of jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, state labor officials said Friday.

Federal spending in Maryland dropped by nearly $1.4 billion last fiscal year, the largest decline in 14 years, new Census Bureau figures show.

In happier times, David Gaines would have been able to find a job.

Civil Justice might be small — you can count the full-time attorneys at the nonprofit legal-help group on one hand — but its impact has been anything but. Now its executive director, Phillip Robinson, says he intends to move on after eight years there.

About one in four Baltimore residents is living in poverty, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Statewide, about 10 percent are below the poverty threshold, compared with about 15 percent across the nation.

With the state unemployment rate inching up, Gov. Martin O'Malley is considering several jobs measures when the General Assembly meets in special session next month, he said Wednesday.

Housing officials across the country are eyeing how the federal government would divvy up $15 billion included in President Barack Obama's jobs bill to rehabilitate vacant and abandoned housing. The decisions could affect how big an impact the program will have on Baltimore neighborhoods.

Maryland Democrats in Congress cheered President Barack Obama's plan to cut taxes and increase spending as a way to spur job growth, but the state's Republicans have some questions.

UM economist Peter Morici says the president needs to go beyond tinkering with the payroll tax in Thursday speech

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 innocent people.

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.

U.S. employers added more jobs than forecast in July and wages climbed.

Because of its heavy concentration of federal employees and contractors, Maryland is more vulnerable than other states if Congress fails to increase the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by Aug. 2.

Recent Johns Hopkins graduate wonders what Congress is doing to help the unemployed

Harsh cuts, short time frame for progress could lead to backlash with serious consequences for EU's future

Ever so slowly, the unemployed are getting hired. And if you're one of them, your other job now is to get your finances back on track.

Fewer Maryland homeowners were behind on mortgage payments or in foreclosure in the first quarter compared to the year-ago period, reflecting a real estate market on the mend, statistics released Thursday show.

For taxpayers who are also procrastinators, this is your year. Not only is the IRS asking those with more complex returns to hold off filing until mid-February, but the usual tax deadline has been extended three days to April 18 because of a holiday in Washington.

A burgeoning group of older, jobless Marylanders have found everything they worked for over the decades snatched away by the sharp recession and slow recovery, leaving them in a precarious state.