WASHINGTON – Eight Maryland firms, including household names such as Black & Decker and Lockheed Martin, are on a list of companies nationwide that are exporting jobs overseas, according to an online database launched Thursday by the AFL-CIO

WASHINGTON – When the House voted this week to block Bush administration changes in overtime pay rules, Melody Jones was not exactly glued to the outcome

WASHINGTON – Sen

WASHINGTON – Back-to-school sales in Maryland have been better than last year, overcoming fears of a soft economy and competition from tax-free programs in neighboring jurisdictions, retailers say

WASHINGTON – Ruth Acevedo was too busy to worry about gas prices Thursday at the Chevron station in Damascus: She was loading drinks into a cooler and keeping track of her three children as they pleaded to get on with their Labor Day trip to Boston