PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY – When Gabriel Rodriguez-Rico and Danielle Dean met one recent Saturday in Prince George’s County to help residents of foreclosed homes, they ended up heeding, in a way, the advice they were handing out: “Don’t move
Housing Forecast,459
WOODLAWN – Maryland home builders expect a sluggish 2012 as joblessness and low consumer confidence have delayed a housing market recovery until at least 2013, according to experts at a forecast event held by the Home Builders Association of Maryland Thursday
Supercommittee Failure Could Cut Millions From Maryland Budget
WASHINGTON – The congressional supercommittee has failed, and now Maryland could face as much as $150 million in cuts to its 2014 budget, including millions in lost funding through federal education and health care programs, state experts say
Mikulski Leads Social Security Crowd in Supercommittee ‘Occupation’
WASHINGTON – Maryland Sen
Van Hollen Urges Big Reductions as Deadline Looms for ‘Supercommittee’
WASHINGTON – Maryland Rep
With Food Donations Needed, Scouts Step Up
WASHINGTON – Potomac Boy Scouts Peter Fairbanks and David Bjorklund of Troop 706 are looking to bag some 340 tons of food
Paving Ain’t Pay Dirt for Struggling Construction Crews
WASHINGTON – Federal investment in “shovel-ready” construction put a lot of people to work — and did so quickly — but stimulus money for Maryland work crews is drying up, and some experts say too much of it went to temporary projects that failed to save jobs in the long term
Maryland Ranked 10th Nationally for Energy Efficiency
WASHINGTON – A push to reduce peak electricity use and decrease money spent on energy has earned Maryland a spot in the top-10 most energy-efficient states, according to a report released Thursday by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Maryland’s Many Millionaires May Feel Sting of Any ‘Buffett Rule’
WASHINGTON – In Maryland, a state with the nation’s second-highest concentration of millionaires, there are a lot of eyes on President Obama’s push for a “Buffet Rule” tax on the wealthiest Americans
Soldiers Struggle for Jobs After Service
WASHINGTON – Greg Pedrick of Catonsville figured his two tours in Iraq would qualify him for jobs in government law enforcement