Maryland added 53,900 jobs in July and the state’s unemployment rate dropped from 8% to 7.6%, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday morning.
Maryland added 53,900 jobs in July and the state’s unemployment rate dropped from 8% to 7.6%, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday morning.
The Howard County fire marshal paid two visits to the Columbia facility of a New York-based masonry company last week and cited the company for having a blocked fire exit, and warned that the company needs to have a permit to pump hazardous and corrosive materials.
Maryland has asked the federal government to supplement the state’s unemployment insurance system with an extra $300 a week in benefits, Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday.
@BryanRenbaum Maryland follows the national trend in which Blacks and other communities of color have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, which has some politicians calling for Medicare for All to be implemented. Maryland's statewide...
@BryanRenbaum Sen. Will Smith (D-Montgomery) said one of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's most formidable tasks will be to unite different factions of the party. The Democratic National Convention begins on Monday night and ends on Thursday...
Maryland Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Christine Ross said the numbers in the federal government’s latest jobs report are cause for concern because they call into question the extent to which the nation’s economy has recovered from months of coronavirus lockdowns.
@BryanRenbaum More than 7,200 of Maryland's businesses and consumers have filed for bankruptcy this year, according to the latest data from the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), which covers the months of January through July. Of those businesses and consumers 73%...
@BryanRenbaum Gov. Larry Hogan applauded bipartisan cooperation among the nation's governors in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in his final address as chair of National Governors Association (NGA) at the group's virtual summer meeting on Wednesday...
@BryanRenbaum Comptroller Peter Franchot said the funds in the $1 trillion coronavirus stimulus package that Congress is considering are "very critical" for Maryland's state and local governments. They are "very critical as far as the state budget and the county...
@BryanRenbaum Comptroller Peter Franchot urged Maryland's shoppers to take advantage of the state's seven-day sales tax holiday on qualifying items in order to help small businesses that have suffered due to the coronavirus pandemic. "I continue to pound the table....
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