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Md. adds 800 jobs in July, but unemployment rate ticks up to 7%
Maryland’s unemployment rate has ticked up half a percentage point since a January low, despite the state adding jobs for the first time in six months and the downward revision of a grim June jobs report.
Remembering Frank Pugh
Francis X. (Frank) Pugh, a legend in the Maryland Attorney General’s Office for more than 30 years, died on July 17. Everyone who knew Frank Pugh feels the loss. To […]
Unemployment rates rose in 27 states in June
WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates rose in 27 U.S. states last month, the most in almost a year and a reflection of weaker hiring nationwide. The Labor Department said Friday that […]
Weekly U.S. jobless aid applications dip to 370,000
WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits changed little last week, signaling modest job growth. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications for benefits dipped by 2,000 […]
Maryland unemployment rate stays at 6.5 percent
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland‘s unemployment rate remains at 6.5 percent, despite a sixth straight month of job growth. The state added 8,000 jobs in February, according to data released Friday by […]
Week in review – 3/16/12: Exelon takeover becomes official
Exelon takeover becomes official Exelon Corp. will proceed immediately with staffing decisions now that the company has completed its $7.9 billion acquisition of Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group, a company spokeswoman said. […]
720 furloughed at Sparrows Point
About 720 workers at the Sparrows Point steel mill will be laid off until early March, according to the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. New owner RG Steel […]
Week in review: 10/21/11
Redistricting plan approved Gov. Martin O’Malley signed his congressional redistricting plan Thursday, shortly after the state Senate took a final vote to correct typographical errors in the bill. The Senate first […]
Audit faults DLLR for lax computer security
Personal information about licenses and unemployment — including names, addresses, birth dates, credit card and Social Security numbers — was left relatively unguarded on computers at the Department of Labor, […]
Jockey club, Penn National headed to arbitration over Rosecroft simulcasts
The Maryland Jockey Club and Penn National Gaming Inc. will turn to an independent arbitrator to craft a simulcast arrangement for Rosecroft Raceway after the two sides missed another deadline […]
Proposed federal rule would revise definition of ERISA fiduciary
The Department of Labor says it will re-propose a rule to revise the definition of fiduciary in regulations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The rule would amend a […]
Lenders increasingly turn to middlemen, cutting appraisers’ pay
Since 2008, the number of appraisers in Maryland has dropped 42 percent as the industry has been hit hard by bank failures, litigation over their role in bad mortgages and […]
