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Maryland Department Of Labor To Beef Up Staffing, Customer Service To Help Unemployed File For AssistanceGov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday that the state would provide the Department of Labor an additional $15 million to help beef up staffing and customer service for residents needing assistance with unemployment or other services.

More Than 17K Applied For Unemployment In Maryland Last WeekMore than 17,000 Marylanders applied for unemployment insurance last week.

Maryland Unemployment Claims Nearly Double In One WeekUnemployment insurance claims in Maryland nearly doubled in just one week, according to new data released by the state's Department of Labor.

135,000 Marylanders Still Awaiting For Their Unemployment Claims To Be ProcessedAbout 135,000 Marylanders are still awaiting for the unemployment claims to be processed, according to Labor Secretary Tiffany Robinson.

Coronavirus Latest: More Than 37K Marylanders Filed For Unemployment Last WeekMore than 37,000 Marylanders filed for unemployment last week.

Job Openings Matches Number Of Unemployed For First Time In DecadesAccording to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employers were advertising openings for 6.55 million positions in March. The May 8 release adds that 6.59 million Americans were unemployed at that time

Opinion: A Few Brave Newspapers Endorse Romney Fighting Tide Of Liberal PressThe newspapers that are not endorsing President Barack Obama are extremely brave. They are to be positively recognized for their courage to stand up against the onslaught of the liberal media which refuses to speak in the best interest of the country as the presidential election nears.

Opinion: 7.8% Unemployment Rate Is QuestionableObviously, one does not need a math degree of any sort to realize that something is amiss with these figures and thereby needs further explanation. It appears as though their number of those who found work, the number of new jobs created, or both are inaccurate.

Human Genome Sciences To Cut 114 Jobs In October Rockville-based Human Genome Sciences says it will be cutting 114 jobs.

Opinion: Democratic Party’s Lies And SpinsThe blatant lies and the desperate spins generated from the “left” have been absolutely frightening. What’s extremely sad for them is that they don’t have a prayer of keeping the White House without creating lies and spinning obvious negatives into self-reported positives.

RG Steel To Idle Sparrows Point Steel Mill; About 2,000 Layoffs ExpectedMaryland labor officials say RG Steel will idle the Sparrows Point steel mill for an undetermined amount of time and lay off its employees.

Md. Labor Secretary To Be Mayor's Chief Of StaffBaltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has tapped the secretary of Maryland's Department of Labor as her next chief of staff.

Prince George's County Agrees To Pay $4M To Foreign TeachersThe public school system in Maryland's Prince George's County has agreed to pay $4 million to reimburse more than 1,000 foreign teachers it hired and required to pay fees the school system should have handled.

Fined School System Suspends Foreign HiringPrince George's County school officials say they have stopped recruiting teachers from overseas after being order to pay nearly $6 million in penalties and fees by the U.S. Department of Labor.