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“Home care workers are leaving the field for jobs with higher pay and better benefits,” according to a Wednesday press release.

The winter holiday season tends to result more trips to the emergency rooms, but in Maryland, higher rates of emergency room visits this week may exacerbate an existing issue.

Essential Workers

Organizations representing Maryland health care workers say that in light of Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s plans to expand nursing personnel in health care…

Saira Cortez has had a rough six months: She was diagnosed with a hemorrhage and anemia that required her to see specialists and receive…

Despite strong pushback from the business community and moving late in the legislative session, the Maryland Essential Workers’ Protection Act made it through both…

An emergency bill to protect essential workers during public health emergencies is moving through the Maryland General Assembly. However, with less than a week…

Maryland is the first state to pass a $15 minimum wage law that will increase the rates the state pays medical providers. To help…

Hardly an hour after the House of Delegates moved forward a stripped-back $15 minimum wage bill, advocates gathered in Annapolis to turn lobbying efforts…