WASHINGTON  — Are companies saying no to jobless applicants when there are job openings? After news accounts about the practice and requests from concerned lawmakers, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has jumped in, trying to figure out whether it’s widespread ...

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Hollywood Casino Perryville has made $35.3 million since its September opening, but the town of Perryville itself hasn’t seen a dime. According to state law, 5.5 percent of the gross gaming revenues from Maryland’s casinos goes to local governments. But ...

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Maryland’s unemployment rate remained at 7.4 percent in December even as payrolls in the state shrank by 6,900 jobs, according to figures released Tuesday morning by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. The unemployment rate held steady at 7.4 ...

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The fight to clean up the Chesapeake Bay just got a new army. Sixteen fresh-faced young men and women clad in white polo shirts took the stage in Annapolis last month as the inaugural class of the Chesapeake Conservation Corps. ...

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