Expert Warns of AI Bot Surge in the Maryland Job Market
As if finding a job wasn’t hard enough already, Marylanders have to contend with the fact that their competitors in the
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Baltimore Is 2025’s 3rd Most Stressed City in America – WalletHub Study
With 77% of Americans feeling stressed about the future of our nation, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report
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How the Key Bridge collapse upended workers far beyond the Baltimore region
Newly released data shows the Key Bridge collapse upended workers far beyond Baltimore, with people in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia and beyond receiving emergency state relief funds after losing their jobs.
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Education Department employees cheered as they leave, warn of impacts of cuts on the future
Suitcases and large cardboard boxes rolled across the pavement outside the Department of Education’s offices this week as recently fired federal workers packed up their desks.
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Letters to the Editor: Calling on Rep. Elfreth to protect jobs and more
I am writing as a resident of Maryland and a concerned neighbor and friend who is witnessing job loss at a mass scale. I’m calling on Representative Sarah Elfreth to do more to prioritize our health, climate, and to protect JOBS and our strong Maryland economy
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Missing the Point – Go Big! …or Run for Mayor of Baltimore?
Yes, we all know that the expression is actually “Go big or go home.” Either way, it applies to the thirteen candidates running to be the Democratic Party nominee for Mayor of Baltimore.
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How Inclusive Hiring Practices Can Open the Door to Careers in Construction and Beyond
The construction industry is the backbone of our nation. Those who work in the field play important roles in building and maintaining critical infrastructure, yet the industry is facing an unprecedented labor shortage that is continuing to grow
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Four-day work week bill aims to give workers and businesses more flexibility
The new, shorter work week proposed by the bill would represent a departure from the standard five-day, 40-hour work week established through a 1940 amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Drawing on success stories from companies that have adopted the four-day work week since the pandemic, the bill’s objective is to give more businesses the flexibility to try it out for themselves.
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Missing the Point – Taking Over Baltimore
It’s high time that we all take responsibility for saving the city of Baltimore. And, to that end, I’m suggesting that the legislature declare a state of public emergency and, yes folks, take over management of the city’s public education, public safety, economic development and infrastructure management. The city government can and should participate in the takeover, but cannot be in charge of it.
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Maryland House Republican Caucus introduces legislative package to reduce crime, improve education and restore the state’s economy
Maryland has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the United States, yet the number of murders and violent crimes committed with guns continues to grow every year, with the overwhelming majority of those committed with stolen guns. Astonishingly, the Maryland General Assembly has for years refused to make the theft of a firearm a felony. Again this year, the House Republican Caucus will offer the Gun Theft Felony Act (HB 750) and fight to close this absurd loophole in Maryland law.
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