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- Census data finds that 260.2 million had health insurance in 2011, up from 256.6 million in 2010.
- New census data shows almost 13 percent in the state lack health coverage
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Many federal workers in Washington make their home in the Baltimore area. And get two of them together at a party and they immediately begin swapping commuting strategies. - Few people, from politicians to commenters on Facebook, expressed surprise when The Baltimore Sun reported Thursday that the city¿s population has continued on a downward trajectory. Some did wonder, though, whether the minuscule number of people lost was worth reporting and how the U.S. Census Bureau arrived at its estimates.
- The Supreme Court upheld President Obama's health care law, Baltimore's funniest celebrity named, and Census figures show Baltimore is still shrinking.
- Cargo traffic at the Port of Baltimore grew 15 percent last year, the greatest increase of any major U.S. port. The public and private terminals moved 37.8 million tons valued at more than $51.4 billion, a 24 percent increase over 2010.
- Women make less than men in Maryland, findings show, and Alison Assanah-Carroll, a Windsor Mill resident, knows it all too well.
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- Catonsville retirement community Charlestown is in the midst of a three-phase, $28 million renovation that will add 55 apartments, four elevators and recreational facilities.
- Catonsville retirement community in the midst of a three-phase, $28 million renovation that will add 55 apartments, four elevators and recreational facilities.
- If there has been racial discrimination, subtle or otherwise, the U.S. Justice Department wants to find out, and is investigating possible bias against African-Americans in county police and fire department hiring.
- The Genesis of Columbia: Nearly 50 years have passed since James Rouse began secretly buying up the land that became Howard County's largest city
- Federal government workers earn 16 percent more than their counterparts in the private sector, according to a report released by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office on Monday that is sure to play into the heated debate over federal compensation.
- Violence against juveniles has declined significantly in Baltimore in recent years as juvenile arrests have dropped and student graduations increased – a trend that the city schools chief said stills lags behind perceptions of the city's youth.
- According to demographers, cities like Baltimore that have experienced population declines can grow again only by embracing foreign-born residents. They say the city should be prepared for the expansion of ethnic enclaves dominated by people from Latin America, Asia and Africa.
- The mission is as secret as the agency itself: Maryland's congressional delegation is working quietly to land the FBI headquarters in Prince George's County. Lawmakers have been working behind the scenes to prepare for what will likely become a competition with Virginia for 12,000 federal jobs.
- Maryland's adoption statute is silent on same-sex parents, leaving the matter to the discretion of each circuit court judge. Baltimore, according to adoption lawyers, appears to be the only jurisdiction where judges have agreed to treat homosexual couples just like straight couples. Other jurisdictions, attorneys say, are a gamble for would-be parents who are gay.
- While nobody was looking, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal won re-election with 65.8 percent of the vote in a Democratic state; watch for him on the 2012 GOP ticket.
- The U.S. Census Bureau released revised statistics Tuesday about the number of same-sex couples living throughout the country. In August, the agency said Maryland had about 17,000 same-sex couples, based on the 2010 census. The Bureau's revised estimate is roughly 12,500.
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- 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.
- Latest poverty report reveals the depth of the nation's economic woes and underscores the need for additional federal intervention
- Researchers counted 640 homeless or unstably housed young people in Baltimore around the first of the year, according to a report released Wednesday.
- Frank Cipriani entered a Bethesda home, wearing a disguise and posing as a building inspector. He faced his lover's husband, and pulled out a gun. Then his fake beard fell off.
- The number of same-sex couples living in Maryland increased by more than 50 percent over the past decade and more than a quarter of the state's gay couples are raising children, according to 2010 census data released Thursday.
- Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin spoke Friday with federal employees about the debt ceiling compromise passed by Congress this week. Federal workers have been a target of budget cuts for weeks.
- 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.
- Proposed changes to district lines are now in the hands of Baltimore County Council members
- According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the rise in the number of Maryland families led by single fathers in the past decade outpaced the rise in single-mother families for the first time since at least 1970, as far back as the state data is available.
- Driven by a sizable baby boomer population nearing retirement age, Maryland, like the rest of the nation, grew older in the last decade, but Baltimore bucked the trend, attracting more young adults as the number of its middle-aged and retiree residents shrank, according to new census figures.
- Over a five year period, the number of black-owned businesses in the Baltimore area grew three times as fast as firms as a whole, statistics released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau show.
- Under 9% of households consist of a married couple with children, census finds
