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The designation would pave the way toward increased federal attention and possibly funds for the cleanup effort in Bear Creek.

“Today, I just want to hate.” Writer Alec MacGillis quotes these bitter words from Chris MacLarion, a former union steel worker in Sparrows Point, Maryland, who watched the decades-long decline of the plant, his livelihood and his dignity. In his new book Fulfillment — Winning and Losing in a One-Click America, MacGillis examines the source of MacLarion’s anger and the price we all pay for embracing the powerful technologies of convenience and control. MacGillis focuses on Amazon, now ...

Credit: Phil Yacuboski Labor Secretary Marty Walsh talked about investments in jobs in Baltimore County on Tuesday. Walsh says money from the American Jobs Plan will help fund training facilities like the one in Sparrows Point at a union facility. “This is so important because it lays down the foundation for the importance of training and educating the young people and the people that come through thes...

R. Richard Brockmeyer, an orphan who overcame poverty and later earned his law degree and became an advocate for the less fortunate, died Sunday from heart failure at his Hunt Valley home. He was 86.

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski, Jr. spoke about Baltimore County’s 2020 legislative agenda in Annapolis on Jan. 7. Johnny Olszewski, Jr. – a Dundalk native who grew up in St. Helena and the current Baltimore County Executive – announced his re-election bid this morning. In a video to supporters, Oszewski said he and his administration shared a vision for a more efficient Baltimore County, referring to his initial election bid launched in 2017.  Back in 2018, Olsze...

Baltimore County needs to exercise some caution in development of a park at Sparrows Point because of industrial contamination left behind.

The CSX railroad, the state of Maryland and others are poised to spend $466 million expanding the more than century-old Howard Street Tunnel under downtown Baltimore, fixing a bottleneck that has hampered growth at the Port of Baltimore and rail traffic along the East Coast.

Updated: 12:01 PM EDT Apr 27, 2021 Baltimore County and school leaders surprised a Deer Park Middle Magnet School history teacher Tuesday with a big honor.Brianna Ross was named as Baltimore County Public Schools 2021 Teacher of the Year. Ross began her teaching career at BCPS, first at Scotts Branch Elementary School and, since 2018, at Deer Park."Brianna Ross represents the very best of the teaching profession -- talented, dedicated to her students, and passionate about learning," S...

April 27, 2021 James Kwak THE WASHINGTON POST – Workers who are flagged by an algorithm for possible firing if they lag in productivity. Massive tax breaks to attract enormous data centres supplied by power lines paid for by ordinary families. Small businesses squeezed by a 15-per-cent commission on sales to their longtime customers and undercut by a middleman that uses their own data to compete with them. These are some of the often-decried ways that Amazon has reshaped America. But what if ...

Failing grades have doubled — and sometimes tripled — in school systems across the state, as the prolonged effects of learning from home take their toll on student achievement and well-being.