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O'Malley touts state economy in address on middle class

2013-05-30 09:17:00

WASHINGTON -- Gov. Martin O'Malley used an address at the Center for American Progress on Thursday to argue that Maryland has become a national model for growing the middle class and suggested that most states led by Republican governors "only made things...

Lost jobs, higher costs: Obamacare hits home

2013-05-24 09:03:00

On this Memorial Day weekend, as we remember with deepest gratitude the sacrifice of America's military heroes, we also offer our thoughts and prayers for the victims of the Oklahoma tragedy. I've dedicated a half-dozen columns to the single most...

Making it new in Maryland

2013-05-20 03:00:00

Would it surprise you to learn that Fast Company magazine just ranked Maryland the third-most innovative state in the nation? Or that Maryland took the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's No. 1 spot for both innovation and entrepreneurship? It's a fact: In our...

IRS correct to target questionable groups

2013-05-15 12:45:00

Sorry, Baltimore Sun, but for once I cannot agree with your position on the Internal Revenue Service enforcing the law on outfits that have been breaking the law for years ("Taxing the tea party," May 14). Tea party groups, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,...

Replace the sequester before it's too late

2013-04-04 06:50:00

Over the past six years, Maryland has taken a balanced approach when it comes to fiscal policy — making responsible cuts to spending while prioritizing investments in jobs, opportunity, and a stronger middle class. Because of this balanced approach,...

Obama picks Perez to lead U.S. Labor Department

2013-03-18 17:07:00

Senate Republicans criticized the nomination Monday of former state labor secretary Thomas E. Perez to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, signaling the longtime civil rights lawyer will face a contentious confirmation over his approach to the law and...

5 questions…

2013-03-08 20:36:17

Joe Mechlinski, CEO and co-founder of Canton-based management consulting firm entreQuest, has worked with more than 400 businesses since starting the company 12 years ago. Last month, he released his first book, "Grow Regardless: Of Your Business' Size,...

Veterans seek jobs at Towson event

2013-02-25 17:05:00

To work for Fireworks Extravaganza, a job applicant needs a clean record and the ability to pass a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives background check. That's one reason Wells Berni, a local representative of the New Jersey-based...

Md. business climate must be improved, speakers say

2013-02-21 14:10:18

Nearly 400 people packed a conference room Thursday to hear conservative leaders argue that Maryland is in critical need of a better business climate as big federal spending cuts loom. Change Maryland, a group started by a businessman who contemplated...

Mitt Romney's question-mark economy

2012-10-24 00:00:00

We're closing in on Election Day, but the questions about what Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would do if elected are only growing larger. Rarely before in American history has a presidential ticket campaigned on such a blank slate. Yet, paradoxically, not...

O'Malley hails September jobs numbers

2012-10-19 07:35:00

For a politician crow is something you'd rather do than eat. For Gov. Martin O'Malley, that less-than-delectable bird is off the menu for now. September's jobs report, released Friday, brought the best numbers the state has seen in a long time. The U.S....

Will Wall Street prevail?

2012-10-08 03:00:00

Corporate-sponsored groups have launched a campaign of litigation in the lower federal courts challenging the legality of the second major piece of President Barack Obama's legislative program, one that received a lot of attention in last week's first...

Salary: $1,100,000 Bonus: $0 Stock awards: $2,310,005 Options awards: $$4,290,001 Total non-equity incentive pay: $2,252,8000 Change in pension value: $1,157,562 Other pay: $69,448 Photo: Thomas Wilson, CEO of Allstate, speaks during a panel discussion at the Third Annual Capital Markets Summit at

2012-05-19 07:31:42

Salary: $1,100,000 Bonus: $0 Stock awards: $2,310,005 Options awards: $$4,290,001 Total non-equity incentive pay: $2,252,8000 Change in pension value: $1,157,562 Other pay: $69,448 Photo: Thomas Wilson, CEO of Allstate, speaks during a panel discussion at the Third Annual Capital Markets Summit at

2012-05-19 07:31:42