Maryland town named 2023’s Best City for Women, WalletHub study

BALTIMORE, MD—With the women’s labor force participation rate reaching 57.7% in August, the highest it has been since February 2020, the personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its report on 2023’s Best & Worst Cities for Women. Columbia, MD came in at No. 1 on this year’s list.  South Burlington, VT was ranked at No. 2 and Irvine, CA came […]

Maryland gains 12,400 jobs in August, unemployment rate falls

BALTIMORE, MD—The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday released state jobs and unemployment data. According to the preliminary survey data, Maryland gained 12,400 jobs in August, the largest job growth since July 2022. The unemployment rate decreased to 1.7%. This is the seventh consecutive month of record-setting low unemployment for Maryland. The Professional and Business Services […]

Governor Moore supports key investments to grow economy, announces $17.4 million in funding for adult education

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Governor Wes Moore has announced that Maryland will direct $17.4 million toward adult education providers in support of key investments to grow Maryland’s economy. The announcement came as part of the program during Joe Biden’s visit to Prince George’s County Community College in support of the Biden Administration’s vision for growing the country’s economy. “Together, we will […]

Gas prices rise on West Coast, Corn Belt spike

BALTIMORE, MD—After falling for two straight weeks, the nation’s average price of gasoline has increased, rising 1.6 cents from a week ago to $3.79 per gallon this week according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is down 3.0 cents from a month ago […]