Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, has introduced a bipartisan bill to help seasonal workers navigate the H-2B non-agricultural visa program. The Save our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2015 will help small businesses meet their need for seasonal employees and ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger said Tuesday he will run for re-election to his House seat in 2016, instead of running for the Senate seat that will open up when Sen. Barbara Mikulski retires next year. Ruppersberger, a ...

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Messages show Sen. Barbara Mikulski was planning on running for re-election, was actively raising money including a fundraiser feature former President Bill Clinton and worried her early efforts forced Republican former Gov. Robert Ehrlich to challenge Gov. Martin O'Malley.

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WASHINGTON — The federal government is awarding funds to help a western Maryland county study the potential economic impact of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. Sens. Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski announced the $37,500 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Rep. John Sarbanes says he won’t run for the U.S. Senate seat that will be open when Sen. Barbara Mikulski retires. Sarbanes said in a statement Friday that he has decided to run for re-election to his ...

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U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski is walking back comments she made Wednesday morning in which she called the riots and acts of vandalism and property destruction last month as “a disturbance.” Mikulski made the comments during an interview on WBAL radio ...

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Increasing tax credits to support investment in low-income communities, supporting summer jobs programs and helping ex-offenders expunge their criminal records are some of the priorities to help Baltimore's struggling neighborhoods, community activists said Monday. A week after riots erupted in Baltimore, a group of political, religious and community leaders met at the Greater Baltimore Urban League to discuss what the next steps for the low-income areas of the city ought to be. "[We need] to give an example for the nation as to how we can truly make a difference in Baltimore," said U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin.

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The long-expected formal campaign announcement is part of the domino effect caused by the retirement announcement of Sen. Barbara Mikulski.

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With the upcoming retirement of Senator Barbara Mikulski, we urge Baltimore and the State of Maryland this April 1 to begin planning a retirement commemoration for her. What better than the Barbara Mikulski Memorial Highway?

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Vice President Joe Biden says $41 million in federal funds approved by Congress will help clear rape kit backlogs across the country and solve crimes. Biden toured a Maryland State Police forensic laboratory in Pikesville on Monday and addressed the ...

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