WASHINGTON — Rules aimed at preventing airline pilots from flying while dangerously fatigued were issued Wednesday by the Federal Aviation Administration, a move safety advocates have been urging for more than two decades. The rules update current pilot work schedule ...

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Environmentalists and union leaders plan to gather in Baltimore to push for offshore wind power off Maryland’s coast. The town hall forum is scheduled Wednesday night at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. Supporters say offshore wind power can provide clean energy ...

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For most of the 240,000 passengers who fly American Airlines each day, the airline’s bankruptcy filing should have little noticeable impact. American continues to operate flights, honor tickets and take reservations. It says its frequent-flier program will be unaffected. Some ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it has lost $5.1 billion in the past year, pushing it closer to imminent default on a multibillion-dollar payment and to future bankruptcy as the weak economy and increased Internet use drive ...

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Starting this month, all of the state’s employees who are represented by two labor unions will be paying a service fee to the unions, even if they are not members. The service fees authorized by a 2009 state law range ...

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Maryland’s largest state employee union is expecting to see a big increase in funding thanks to a law that allows it to collect fees from nonmembers. The Maryland chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees will ...

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Baltimore’s police and fire labor unions used the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ arrival in Baltimore to publicly denounce Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s funding cuts by erecting a billboard Thursday directed toward the mayor and other conference attendees. The billboard, located on ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The director of Maryland’s largest union for state employees says between 5,000 and 10,000 people are expected to attend a rally in Annapolis to protest pension changes. Patrick Moran, director of the Maryland chapter of the American Federation ...

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Has Gov. Martin O’Malley checked out already? Is he already running for President … circa 2016? Is Maryland an afterthought? Even before people started counting his trips to Washington, the political channels were full of you-heard-it-here-first conjecture, smug partisan jibes ...

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