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November 4, 2010
Environmental groups, the military and government organizations have teamed to restore several parcels of shoreline in an effort to return the Potomac River to its natural state.
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Environment
November 4, 2010
In an effort to attract more businesses and people to the city's downtown district, the Laurel City Council is fielding applications for $30,000 in grant funding.
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Jobs & the Economy
November 3, 2010
For some, the new federal health care and insurance reform law may have been little more than campaign fodder in Tuesday's elections. But for dozens of small bioscience companies in Maryland, the legislation meant millions of dollars in research and development grants this week.
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Jobs & the Economy
November 1, 2010
While Maryland scores relatively poorly in some categories on taxes, it does well enough on numerous other criteria to rank as the 14th most attractive state nationally for businesses, according to a bank economist.
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Jobs & the Economy
November 1, 2010
A newly released report from the Maryland Department of Human Resources shows progress in child welfare reform. While only three jurisdictions out of 23 counties and Baltimore City reached their goals, improvements were found across the state.
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Health Care & Seniors
October 27, 2010
Constellation Energy settled its dispute with French utility giant Electricite de France on Tuesday, selling its half of a joint venture to develop new nuclear power plants and dropping its threat to exercise an option to force EDF to buy a dozen aging fossil fuel plants.
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Environment
October 21, 2010
There are an increasing number of job opportunities in health care as the industry moves to digitize health records and implement the federal health care reform legislation, but there arent enough qualified candidates.
October 15, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-5), Governor Martin OMalley, and Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin, sent a letter today to Mayo A. Shattuck III, President and Chief Executive Officer of Constellation Energy Group, and Henri Proglio, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of lectricit de France, requesting that the two companies engage in active negotiations immediately in order to reach agreement on a plan to proceed with the development of Calvert Cliffs III.
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Environment
October 15, 2010
Many hands have been wrung over the outsourcing of manufacturing and service jobs to foreign workers, but on Wednesday House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md., 5th) stopped by an industrial park in White Plains to highlight a local manufacturing success story.
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Jobs & the Economy
October 14, 2010
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-5) visitedA.D.J. Sheet Metal, Inc to discuss the Democrats Make It In America agenda and issues of importance to the area manufacturer as they work to successfully compete in the global economy