economy

Governor Martin O’Malley is on a “Jobs and Opportunity” tour of the state: this afternoon at the BioTechnical Institute of Maryland in Baltimore, tomorrow visiting a “Pitch Across Maryland” campaign that gives advice to business start-ups.

Could marijuana be the nation's new cash crop? Doug Fine, an investigative journalist and NPR contributor, gives the economic argument for legalization in "Too High To Fail: Cannabis and The New Green Revolution."

This conversation originally aired on January 25, 2012.

This morning at 8:30, the U.S. Department of Labor will release its unemployment report for the month of July. 

Meanwhile, about two weeks ago, the Maryland unemployment report for June came out, showing that the state lost about 11,000 jobs in that month, up from the month before.

MSNBC host and Nation writer Chris Hayes argues that since the 1960s, the country's meritocracy has embraced the growing economic inequality that has placed them near the very top, spawning a new American elite -- one that becomes corrupt to preserve its status. In “Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy,” Hayes warns of a crisis of authority that engulfs not just our politics but our day-to-day lives.

Sparrows Point is synonymous with steel, but as steelmaking on the point comes to at least a temporary standstill, people are looking for ways to bring other jobs to the peninsula. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz sees an opportunity in the Port of Baltimore, which is hoping to expand.  To figure out possible uses, he’s formed the Sparrows Point Partnership, which meets for the first time tomorrow.  Sheilah speaks with the County Executive about the partnership.

Two doctors practicing in Cecil County have been charged with murder under the state’s fetal homicide law. It’s the first time prosecutors in Maryland have used the law to bring charges against physicians performing abortions. We learn how the law compares to others around the country from policy analysts at the Guttmacher Institute and the National Right to Life Committee.

How Maryland measures how far it’s come and where it’s going.

Where the jobs at?  In Maryland, that is. That’s the question Sheilah asks two economists, Andy Bauer, regional economist at the Baltimore branch of the Richmond Federal Reserve, and Richard Clinch, director of economic research at the University of Baltimore’s Jacob France Institute. Also, the Baltimore Rock Opera Society presents a double feature for its sophomore season.  Plus, Tim Kabara on the band Dope Body’s new album, Nupping--and the Maryland Morning Screen Test presents Wide Angle Youth Media.