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First National Bank-Howard Bank merger to bring new resources to Baltimore region
On Jan. 22, Pittsburgh-based FNB Corp. completed its merger with Howard Bancorp Inc., the holding company of Howard Bank, a move that will make First National Bank the sixth-largest bank […]
Maryland launches website to aid in researching health care options
Maryland recently unveiled a website aimed at providing residents easy-to-access, up-to-date information about the quality, cost and availability of health care.
Ombudsman program a resource, advocate for nursing home residents
If Maryland residents calls her phone number and needs help, Stevanne Ellis makes sure they get it. Ellis has been a long-term care ombudsman at the local and then the […]
Having survived pandemic, MLSC looks to the future
When courts closed for several months after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in Maryland, the legal aid system – and the funding that helps sustain it – also grinded […]
MLSC executive director Q&A: ‘How do we make sure that we are leveling the playing field?’
Deb Seltzer hopes to guide Maryland Legal Services Corporation through the remainder of the pandemic and to focus on whether the legal aid industry is effectively addressing the most pressing needs of clients.
‘Shared values’: Bringing employees from different generations together
When you’re at work, are you goal-oriented and laser-focused on metrics to achieve those goals? Or do you have an entrepreneurial spirit and penchant to figure things out? The answer […]
Pandemic has brought a change in the employee-employer relationship
Since the spring, employees have triggered the so-called “Great Resignation.” But this shift in workplace culture wasn’t unforeseen, according to experts.
Joint ventures help small businesses ‘leverage the power of large businesses’
When bids for Baltimore’s 21st Century School Buildings Program were announced, architecture firms Waldon Studio and Hughes Group were faced with a predicament – they each wanted to win a […]
CDFIs help minority business owners
When small businesses want to grow their operation or even just get off the ground, they often initially turn to banks to provide them with the capital they need. Traditional […]
Companies that handle data explore cyber insurance as part of protection strategy
Businesses may be exposing themselves to risk of financial loss or damage from a cyberattack or breach. That’s where cyber insurance comes in.
Women’s Equality Day honors suffragists, urges voting equity
It was only a few years ago that Christine Valeriann learned about the Garrett County Pilgrimage, a 1914 “suffrage hike” where seven women crossed the rural county on foot to […]
Master’s cannabis program celebrates first graduating class
Catrena Almonte has always wanted to help veterans. As an Army National Guard chaplain, she provided religious counseling and care to soldiers and often supported them as they dealt with […]
