Collective Contract

Harford County Public Schools officials announced late Wednesday they have reached a tentative settlement with the county's teachers union on receipt of a bonus payment offered by Harford County Executive David Craig that the union's leadership had...

After a long time wandering in the wilderness, with no movie or TV production under way in Maryland, local actors, technicians, caterers, drivers, set builders and hospitality professionals are back to work with the production in Baltimore of the HBO...

Anne Arundel County school officials are seeking public support for Superintendent Kevin Maxwell's proposed budget, which the county government has signaled will not be fully funded, during hearings and workshops next week. Last month, Maxwell...

Microsoft is investigating a report that workers at a Chinese plant that makes its Xbox game systems threatened mass suicide in a pay dispute, according to a statement issued Wednesday by the company's Hong Kong office. CNN has not been able to confirm...

Legislators learned Monday that the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources is once again getting all of the tax revenue that it should from the state Department of Revenue. That was the good news.  But the lawmakers also heard that a new...

So what is so worrisome about the Costa Mesa City Charter that Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer proposed about midnight at the Dec. 6 City Council meeting with few citizens left in attendance to comment? The charter is written by one councilman for the...

DETROIT (AP) — The reins of power in Detroit have been in the hands of blacks since the city elected Coleman Young mayor in 1973, and for many, black control of Detroit has become as important to the city's identity as its deep auto industry roots....

People often forget that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tenn., while he was standing in solidarity with sanitation workers as they sought justice in their workplace. I could think of no better way to honor his legacy than by...

COSTA MESA — At the Costa Mesa Taxpayers Assn. meeting meant to inform the public about a proposed city charter, audience members also got an earful of anti-union rhetoric. Nearly 100 audience members gathered at the Neighborhood Community Center...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana House Democrats are keeping up their legislative boycott over the right-to-work bill a day after majority Republicans voted to start imposing $1,000-a-day fines. Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma tried to gavel the...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's Republican House speaker threatened to start imposing $1,000 fines against Democratic legislators who resumed their boycott of a right-to-work bill Tuesday. Speaker Brian Bosma said he would start the next House...

In a time when money is tight – the City of Harrisburg is trying to maintain its commitment to financial transparency. On Tuesday, City Controller Dan Miller said, “Anything you want to know you can see it,” flipping through a new and...