Working When You’re Not: The business of life between losing and finding a job
Baltimore Post-Examiner is proud to present an excerpt from Dan Schmidt’s book – Working When You’re Not: The business of
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Republicans can’t wish away Obama’s economic triumph
President Obama is seeing a massive economic revival. Here’s how he did it with zero help from Republicans … and
Read moreEastern Shore struggles with higher unemployment, more business closings than rest of Maryland
Between 2007 and 2011, the most recent available data, Maryland’s nine Eastern Shore counties averaged a loss of 11% of its business establishments employing people. Statewide, the loss was much less, declining 5.7%.Since 2000, the state of Maryland has actually gained businesses by about 4%, but the Eastern Shore is lagging with a gain of less than 1%.
Read moreWhat happened to the war on poverty?
It’s been said the FBI used to do its recruiting at Holy Cross while the CIA did theirs at Yale.
Read moreHeritage United Church of Christ takes up offering to help Baltimore’s homeless
(Thank you Reverend Colin, Reverend Kevin A. Slayton, Bonnie Lane and Pastor Julius Jefferson At Heritage United Church of Christ
Read moreAll I’m saying is give my generation a chance
“Are you in school?” I get asked this question a lot. I also get carded when I order a Mojito
Read moreFighting Irish: O’Malley, McDonnell, Biden, Ryan and Hogan
The Irish were at it again on Sunday morning: Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, liberal Democrat, sparring on Meet the Press with Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, conservative Republican. Both chair their party’s governors association.
O’Malley was defending Vice President Joe Biden of the loose lips and McDonnell took up for the Republican vice presidential nominee designee, Rep. Paul Ryan of the tight budget.
Read moreStudy finds Md. economy will benefit from health care act despite $19 billion in new spending
Health care system reforms under the Affordable Care Act will cost the state billions to implement but are also projected to generate income from FY 2014 to FY 2020 as a result of the newly insured, a new study reports.
Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Hilltop Institute estimate that the unemployment rate will decrease nearly 1% by 2020 as a result of almost 135,000 jobs created across all sectors by the new legislation.
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Baltimore work it out: Create jobs in the city
In this town, there are those whose work is never done. At the same time, there are also many with
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