Though Maryland’s jobs count has made a full recovery — returning to its pre-recession level — a still-high unemployment rate, a growing workforce, uncertainty in the federal government and ongoing transformation within the state economy indicate room for progress remains.

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Maryland’s unemployment rate fell to 6.7 percent last month on the strength of what preliminary data shows to be the state’s largest September-to-October job increase since 1999.

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Healthy economic growth in Maryland equals somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 jobs created per month, economists say.

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley is scheduled to swear in a new labor secretary in Maryland. The ceremony for Leonard Howie is scheduled for Wednesday in Annapolis. Howie has served as deputy secretary for operations at the Maryland Department of ...

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Leonard J. Howie III, an experienced manager who has worked in high administrative capacities at several Maryland executive-branch agencies, has been appointed secretary of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation by Gov. Martin O’Malley. He will take over the ...

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