A family member said thousands of people attended a virtual memorial service over the weekend for Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean and her son, Gideon, extended members of the powerful Kennedy family who died after their canoe overturned in the Chesapeake Bay.

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ANNAPOLIS — A legislative task force is looking at potential legislation that would create a system of retirement plans for employees of small businesses. The idea is not new, but legislators now hope that expected changes in federal regulations will ...

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A new legislative task force similar to one appointed a year ago will take another stab at developing a mandatory retirement program for private sector employees.

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Maryland residents who fail to save for their own retirements are like drivers who speed or children who won't do what you tell them, according to former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend.

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A task force created to make recommendations for a solution to the lack of retirement savings among private-sector workers faces an uncertain future

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State government should stay out of private pension plans, according to the Republican gubernatorial candidate.

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The chairwoman of a task force appointed to make recommendations on how to improve retirement savings among private-sector employees said her group will place an emphasis on what other countries are doing to solve their own problems.

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A state panel appointed by Gov. Martin J. O'Malley could lead to recommendations that would make Maryland the first state in the country to mandate that private employers offer retirement plans or require those employees to join a state-run plan.

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Former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend will head a 14-member task force created by Gov. Martin J. O'Malley to come up with recommendations for spurring private sector employees to save for their retirement.

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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a former Maryland lieutenant governor and member of one of the nation’s most well-known Catholic political families, has joined supporters of a Maryland law allowing same-sex marriage. Townsend, the eldest child of Robert F. Kennedy, noted her ...

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