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Workplace raids reached an all-time high in 2008 with 6 ,287 arrests a ' a tenfold rise since 2003.

It would probably be easy to make fun of Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's field trip to Washington today.

Six volunteers and the president/treasurer of the Allegany County Teachers Federal Credit Union recently attended the fourth annual meeting and convention of the Maryland & District of Columbia Credit Union Association in Baltimore.

By W.E. SmithThe front page of The Day on June 20 had this headline: "Cummings, CGA can do a better job on diversity." The accompanying article said that Rep.

The Black Press of America convenes this week in Minneapolis for the National Newspaper Publishers Association Annual Convention June 24 through June 28 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Minneapolis.

A community playground at the former site of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium will officially rise from its ashes today with the official reopening of a neighborhood sanctuary that burned to the ground just 10 months ago.

Congressman Elijah E. Cummings , Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, joined his colleagues in a vote of 389-22 to approve the National Defense Authorization Act, H.R. 2647, which included a Cummings amendment that would require the Department of Defense to protect U.S.-flagged ships at risk of being ...

There is a lot at stake for Baltimore and metropolitan centers across the country this fall, as Congress takes up a massive spending bill to set highway, transit, and bridge spending for the next six years.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank acted with the a oehighest integritya in talks on Bank of America Corp.a s takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co., defending his record against some lawmakers who have alleged officialsa actions were inappropriate.

Elijah Cummings of Maryland, in a voice so loud and authoratative it shook my chair, just asked Ben Bernanke if he thought Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis was "competent" at his job.

The Washington Post reports many oral health professionals worry that dental issues have "a tenuous place at best in the national debate" regarding an overhaul of the health care system.

In the fall, the first squadron of Marines finally will fly V-22 Ospreys into the mountains of Afghanistan, months behind schedule and despite shortcomings that make some in Congress worry whether the hybrid aircraft can do the job for which it was intended.

Reporting from Washington -- Lawmakers on Thursday sharply criticized a federal program that relies on private insurance companies to provide medical care and benefits to civilians injured while working in support of the U.S. military effort in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Lincoln National Corp. , the insurer that accepted almost $1 billion in U.S. bailout funds, is guilty of a oerobberya for flying top salesmen to a Hawaiian resort before receiving the cash, said Representative Elijah Cummings .

Edging America closer to possible war, Congress voted decisively to give President Bush the broad authority he wants to use military force against Iraq.

The Walpin thing is only Part One. Treasury's TurboTaxTimmy is having a pitched battle with the Treasury I.G.--and the blood is in the water.

The Big Question for Friday, June 19: Is Obama injecting the government too much into business affairs? See responses below from Rep.

Lawmakers have asked the Government Accountability Office to assess the U.S. Coast Guard's efforts to improve its management of its Equal Employment Opportunity programs.

Lawmakers on Thursday sharply criticized a federal program that relies on private insurance companies to provide medical care and benefits to civilians injured while working in support of the U.S. military effort in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Jake Tapper reports : ABCNews' Jake Tapper & Matt Jaffe report The Obama administration's disputes with government watchdogs do not end with fired Inspector General Gerald Walpin .