The unemployment rate in Maryland is now the lowest in the country at 1.7% in October. Most would think that is good news, but there is a downside to it.
The Wyoming Public Service Commission is holding its first public comment hearing today in Rock Springs on Rocky Mountain Power s proposal to increase rates by more than 20%, which would add nearly $17 on average to monthly bills. Rob Joyce - energy organizer with the Sierra Club s Wyoming Chapter - said 97% of the increase is meant to cover highly volatile Net Power Costs of coal and natural gas, according to testimony in the utility s application. "Groups like Sierra Club have been saying, This is a risky investment. " .
Democratic lawmakers are asking federal investigators to study the true cost of so-called fast fashion and its contribution to climate change. The majority of manufactured clothes includes synthetic fibers derived from crude oil. Nearly 90% of those garments will end up in a landfill or burned in incinerators. .
Some hope the rioting will go down in history as a spasm, a brief check on the city's apparent economic momentum, as population and development increased in parts of the city after decades of decline. But others fear the 24-7 broadcast of burning buildings and National Guard troops in the streets of Baltimore has set back years of slow progress made by the city.
Rising costs of groceries, gas and credit cards, regulations facing small businesses and other inflationary concerns are on voters' minds, and they have ideas about what they want Maryland's next governor to do to help.