A recently proposed change to federal rules guiding when workers must be paid overtime does not go far enough, protecting less than half as many workers as a 2016 attempt to update the outdated standards.
Like the rest of the nation, Maryland has seen its workforce age over time. Our labor force supports children, elders, and other dependents within our population. Combined with slowing population growth and people working longer in life, this is leading
The investments we make through our taxes support the schools, roads, parks, and other things that help our communities thrive, but our upside down tax code means that not everyone is equally sharing in that responsibility. As a result of
While our state’s overall economy is stronger, a decade after the Great Recession many working Marylanders’ paychecks have not fully recovered from the impact of the recession. Median earnings within Maryland are now 3.1 percent lower than in 2007, after
