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Md. adds 4,700 jobs; unemployment steady
Maryland’s unemployment rate remained steady at 6.6. percent after 4,700 jobs were added in March, according to data released on Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor‘s Bureau of Labor […]
At confirmation hearing, Labor nominee Perez pledges open mind
WASHINGTON — Labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez sought to assure senators Thursday that he would approach the job with an open mind and a willingness to work with business and […]
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, […]
AP source: Obama poised to pick Perez for Labor
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is close to naming Thomas Perez, a civil rights official in the Justice Department, as his choice to head the Department of Labor, two people […]
Last of 2012 laws go into effect on New Year’s Day
After three sessions of the General Assembly that spanned almost 100 days in 2012, the last of the 797 bills approved by state legislators and made law by Gov. Martin O'Malley this year will go into effect as the fireworks start in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
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.
Student workers at Hershey win back wages
HERSHEY, Pa. — Three companies have agreed in a settlement to pay more than $213,000 in back wages to hundreds of foreign students for summer jobs they held at a […]
Doubt over Maryland job gains
Healthy economic growth in Maryland equals somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 jobs created per month, economists say.
Employers welcome unemployment tax drop
Gov. Martin O’Malley and Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Secretary Leonard J. Howie III announced Monday that the state’s unemployment insurance tax will drop in 2013, with some businesses seeing their rate decrease as much as 55 percent.
Eye Opener: Gambling spending exceeds $35 million
A new round of spending by proponents and opponents of expanded gambling in Maryland has pushed the total to $35.7 million, more than the 2006 governor's race.
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.
Human Genome Sciences to cut 114 jobs in October
ROCKVILLE — Rockville-based Human Genome Sciences says it will be cutting 114 jobs. The company told state regulators that it was undergoing an internal restructuring that will lead to the […]
