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State unemployment is down, but so is labor force size
The number of jobs in Maryland increased by 9,300 jobs in April, the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation announced Friday, and unemployment dropped to 5.5 percent. Good news right? Yes, but there’s more to the story.
Jobs increase in April; unemployment at 5.5 percent
Maryland gained 9,300 jobs in April, the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation announced Friday.
Jobs up, unemployment down in Maryland
Maryland gained 2,300 jobs in March, the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation announced Friday, and unemployment dropped to 5.6 percent.
Md. unemployment rate at 7 percent for first time in a year
Maryland’s economy continued to add jobs in June, but the state’s unemployment rate still crept up to 7 percent for the first time since last July.
Former DLLR secretary Perez to be nominated to top Labor slot
WASHINGTON — Seeking to fill yet another second-term Cabinet vacancy, President Barack Obama is set to nominate Thomas Perez, an assistant attorney general, to be the next secretary of labor, […]
General Assembly approves targeted job training program
Certain industries in Maryland in need of workers will be able to compete for $2.5 million in job training grants following Tuesday’s General Assembly approval of the Employment Advancement Right Now program.
O’Malley pushes job training grants
Industries seeking skilled workers would compete for job training grants if an administration bill clears the General Assembly this year.
$37.3B budget favors fracking study, biotech and cyber-security firms
Gov. Martin O’Malley’s roughly $37 billion budget proposal to the General Assembly includes an increase in the money allocated for some business-friendly tax credits, $1.5 million to pay for studies into the safety of hydraulic fracturing and puts the state “on the verge” of closing what was once a $1.7 billion structural deficit.
Md. unemployment rate falls on biggest Sept.-Oct. job growth since 1999
Maryland’s unemployment rate fell to 6.7 percent last month on the strength of what preliminary data shows to be the state’s largest September-to-October job increase since 1999.
Doubt over Maryland job gains
Healthy economic growth in Maryland equals somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 jobs created per month, economists say.
Eye Opener: State to lower unemployment tax
A few government and politics headlines Monday morning.
Despite more jobs, Maryland unemployment rate rises to 7.1%
After a year dominated by job losses, the first month of job growth since March is good news for Maryland, a Baltimore economist said.
