Gas prices fall for 10th consecutive week

NOTTINGHAM, MD—The decline in gas prices has now reached the tenth straight week with the national average falling 5.1 cents from a week ago to $3.86 per gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 stations nationwide. The national average is down 51.3 cents from a month ago but […]

Maryland gained 12,000 jobs in July

BALTIMORE, MD—The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics this week released state jobs and unemployment data. According to the preliminary survey data, Maryland added 12,000 jobs and the unemployment rate decreased to 3.9% in July. This is the lowest unemployment rate since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared with July 2021, Maryland jobs are up by 78,600, […]

Gas prices decline for 9th straight week

NOTTINGHAM, MD—For the ninth consecutive week, the nation’s average gas price has fallen, declining 9.9 cents from a week ago to $3.92 per gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 stations nationwide. The national average is down 63.7 cents from a month ago but 74.8 cents higher than […]

Baltimore ranked among top 5 cities where inflation is growing the most

BALTIMORE, MD—Baltimore residents are feeling the effects of higher prices more than most, as the region has been ranked among the top five cities in the nation where inflation is growing the most. With inflation hitting an over 40-year high in June, the personal-finance website WalletHub on Wednesday released its report on the Cities Where Inflation is Growing the Most. […]

Gas prices fall for 8th straight week

NOTTINGHAM, MD—For the eighth consecutive week, the nation’s average gas price has fallen, declining 15.8 cents from a week ago to $4.01 per gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 stations nationwide. The national average is down 68.7 cents from a month ago but 83.6 cents higher than […]

Governor Hogan announces release of Maryland’s 2022 American Rescue Plan recovery report

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan this week announced that the State of Maryland has submitted its 2022 American Rescue Plan, State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) Annual Performance Report to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The report—which details expenditures from March 3, 2021 through June 30, 2022 and includes planned allocations for Fiscal Year 2023—describes the use of the […]

Gas prices fall for seventh straight week

NOTTINGHAM, MD—For the seventh straight week, the nation’s average gas price has declined, falling 15.9 cents from a week ago to $4.17 per gallon on Monday 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 65.5 cents from a month ago and $1.02 […]