The Maryland Jockey Club and Penn National Gaming Inc. will turn to an independent arbitrator to craft a simulcast arrangement for Rosecroft Raceway after the two sides missed another deadline Saturday. The deal, which would allow the long-struggling harness track ...

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The Department of Labor says it will re-propose a rule to revise the definition of fiduciary in regulations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The rule would amend a 1975 regulation defining when a person providing investment advice becomes ...

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Since 2008, the number of appraisers in Maryland has dropped 42 percent as the industry has been hit hard by bank failures, litigation over their role in bad mortgages and changes that have cut the fees they receive for work. ...

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Maryland’s labor market continued to flounder in June as the unemployment rate rose to 7 percent and the state posted the worst rate of job growth in the country in the last year. The state lost 300 jobs in June ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — The public school system in Maryland’s Prince George’s County has agreed to pay $4 million to reimburse more than 1,000 foreign teachers it hired and required to pay fees the school system should have handled. The teachers, ...

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Updated at 4 p.m. Gov. Martin O’Malley released a statement on the May jobs report just a few minutes ago. In it, he acknowledges “May was a tough month for job creation in Maryland.” But, he said, “other trends suggest ...

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Inner Harbor makeover Sweeping redevelopment plans for the Inner Harbor — including a $900 million multiplex for a new arena, hotel and expanded convention center, waterfront attractions and a new look for Rash Field — were unveiled Wednesday by the Greater ...

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BOSTON — A bill that would require employers to give workers paid sick leave has been revived in Congress after it was first introduced in 2004. The Healthy Families Act would allow workers to earn up to one hour of ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland employers shed 7,100 jobs in January, but the state’s jobless rate fell to its lowest point in more than a year and a half, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor. The state’s ...

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A U.S. House committee is visiting Baltimore to hear about how the foreclosure crisis has affected the city and the state of Maryland. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will meet Tuesday morning at the University of Maryland ...

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