ECONOMY: In Silver Spring, immigrant looks for work, struggles without health insurance
Blanca Oliva looks for work constantly, but she faces several barriers. She does not know how to use the Internet, so she walks the streets of Silver Spring and Langley Park, looking for job openings. She is older and thinks this makes her less appealing to employers, as they always ask her age in interviews, she said. She speaks poor English and had only six formal years of schooling in El Salvador.
EYE ON ANNAPOLIS: General Assembly wrap 2012
EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE STAFF The 2012 General Assembly session closed without an agreement between the House of Delegates and the Senate on an operating
TRANSPORTATION: Gov. O’Malley says gas tax would address safety, congestion concerns
TRANSPORTATION • BY MALI KRANTZ, CNS Gov. Martin O'Malley defended his proposed six percent sales tax on gasoline before House and Senate committees Wednesday, saying Maryland needs to address
ECONOMY: Montgomery County mother and child need $64,000 for basic costs
ECONOMY • BY AMALIA EHRMANN, CNS Special Report Families with young children in Montgomery County must earn at least $64,000 a year just to cover their basic needs
ECONOMY: Across Maryland, bare-bones household budgets soar above salaries
ECONOMY • BY CAITLIN JOHNSTON and CARL STRAUMSHEIM, CNS Special Report A Montgomery County family of three — an adult, a preschooler and a school-age child — needs
ENVIRONMENT: Salisbury company banking on wind farms to create jobs
ENVIRONMENT • BY AMANDA YEAGER, CNS Depending on whom you ask, John Congedo has poured his energy and savings either into one of Maryland's most promising sources of economic
EYE ON ANNAPOLIS: Gov. O’Malley considers tax hikes as General Assembly opens
EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • BY DAVE NYCZEPIR, CNS Maryland's 430th General Assembly session convened Wednesday, promising more than a few tough votes in the coming weeks as Gov.
SIN OF THE MONTH: Spending
SIN OF THE MONTH • BY ABBY BARDI A few weeks ago, I was on the Beltway half-listening to NPR when I heard something about the US economy
SIN OF THE MONTH: Jobs
SIN OF THE MONTH • BY ABBY BARDI Recently, a $447 billion jobs bill backed by President Obama was killed in the Senate. In what the New York
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