BALTIMORE — It’s a Wednesday morning on Good Samaritan Nursing Center’s second floor, and nurse Alicia Merritt is having a hard time fielding questions about Maryland’s nursing shortage
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Decade-Old Case Outlives Half Its Plaintiffs, Has Never Gone to Trial
CUMBERLAND – Webster B
State Lacks Doctors to Examine Abused Kids, Complicating Trials, Follow-up
WASHINGTON – Janice A
Maryland Reservists Return from Six-month Bosnian Peacekeeping Mission
WASHINGTON – Army Reserve Sgt
State Often Returns Foster Kids to Homes Where Alleged Sex Abuse Happened
WASHINGTON – Scores of Maryland kids who ended up in foster care after their parents or caregivers were accused of sexual abuse were returned to their homes, some just days after the state deemed their households unsafe
Before Spending Years on Their Lawsuit, Workers Spent Their Lives at the Kelly
CUMBERLAND – For many of the workers who have spent more than a decade pressing a toxic exposure lawsuit against Goodyear, working at “the Kelly” was a family affair
Federal Unions Accuse Administration of Rushing to Privatize Government Jobs
WASHINGTON – Federal workers unions are criticizing a Bush administration plan to accelerate privatization of government jobs, saying not enough is being done to monitor the contractors who are displacing civil servants
Hundreds of Maryland Families Still Getting Welfare After Five-Year Time Limit
WASHINGTON – More than 700 Maryland families who passed the five-year federal limit for cash assistance this year have continued collecting checks because they face substantial “hardships” in moving from welfare to work
Governor’s Attitude Determines Ultimate Fate
ANNAPOLIS – He agreed to the meeting, but they didn’t change his mind
Baltimore Mom Still Faces Hardships After Hitting Five-Year Welfare Limit
BALTIMORE – Ursula Rodriguez lives in a rowhouse on a noisy block in Baltimore’s Waverly neighborhood