Maryland Reporter, February 7, 2014 This commentary is in response to Monday’s column by Barry Rascovar, “Do-gooders know best about wages“ By Benjamin Orr, Executive Director, Maryland Center on Economic Policy There are ads running on TV that make their point
Increasing Maryland’s Refundable EIC Would Reduce Inequality Given before the House Ways and Means Committee Download
Budget Deal, But Work Remains Congress passed budget, easing sequestration by about 1/3 over next two years Deal extends some sequestration cuts, mainly Medicare provider payments, for 2 years to 2023 Non-defense discretionary spending is still forecast to drop to
Maryland’s unemployment rate fell to 6.4 percent (PDF) in November, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after stalling at 6.7 percent for the previous two months. This is the lowest unemployment rate Maryland has seen in
Maryland’s unemployment rate was 6.7 percent for the past two months, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This is down from 7 percent unemployment in August. In part this decrease is due to about
