Robin McKinney of Columbia has a 5-year-old son and is getting $167 a month through the child tax credit. She said it’s all going to help pay for child care, which costs $288 a week.

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The child tax credit had always been an empty gesture to millions of parents like Tamika Daniel. That changed Thursday when the first payments went out.

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A Maryland mom urges a boycott of Barilla.

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WASHINGTON — While the tax package that Congress passed New Year’s Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013. That’s because the legislation ...

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NEW YORK — Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra. The New York Democrat is reacting to an Associated Press story last week detailing how families this summer are ...

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WASHINGTON — The Senate is the newest arena in the election-year face-off over federal student loans, and both sides are starting out by pounding away at each other. With Congress returning from a weeklong spring recess, the Senate plans to ...

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Inmates at the Roxbury Correctional Institution in Hagerstown are training and rehabilitating abandoned and abused dogs. The pets are then matched with adoptive families through the Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation. Capital News Service has more...

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Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says her proposed budget closes a $48 million deficit while cutting homeowners’ property taxes. The preliminary budget for fiscal 2013 is set to be presented to the Board of Estimates on Wednesday morning. The $2.3 billion ...

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The University of Maryland School of Medicine's Class of 2012 gathered Friday at historic Davidge Hall to open the envelopes that revealed where they will go for their residencies. The 151 students and their families shared cheers and mostly tears of joy.

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The law firm Ober|Kaler announced today that the firm’s Project HEAL Pro Bono initiative was selected as one of the American Health Lawyers Association 2011 Pro Bono Champions. Project HEAL is a nationally recognized medical-legal partnership that provides pro bono ...

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