HAGERSTOWN — Some western Maryland contractors are demanding an end to the state’s Minority Business Enterprise law. Local members of the Associated Builders and Contractors aired their concerns at a meeting Monday in Hagerstown with Republican state lawmakers from Washington ...

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is moving at a historic pace to try to diversify the nation’s federal judiciary: Nearly three of every four people he has gotten confirmed to the federal bench are women or minorities. He is the ...

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Upcoming construction by East Baltimore Development Inc. was detailed Tuesday at a forum that drew contractors seeking work, but among the chief questions was whether laborers working on a $60 million tower at the site are in the country legally. ...

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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials raised concerns last month that a big jump in energy prices could weaken the economy and unleash inflation, prompting a few to suggest the possibility of tightening credit this year. Such a move usually involves ...

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