Ripple Effects

Peter Connolly worked at the United States Agency for International Development for nearly a decade. When it folded this summer, not only did he lose a job, he also lost contact with colleagues in conflict zones.

COLUMN | The number of 2025 layoffs in Maryland is harder to determine than you’d think. Yet it remains one of the ways the average person understands what’s happening in the economy.

Tariffs have hit holiday retailers hard. But a longstanding Cockeysville business kept the economic climate from ruining Christmas.

WWE Superstar and actor John Cena will have his final match in Washington, D.C. in December. But high ticket prices will keep some diehard fans from seeing their pro-wrestling hero last hurrah.

The U.S. has stopped making pennies. It's causing a coin shortage that will have few short-term consequences for businesses and consumers, but could be hard to manage in the long term.

The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history halted food benefits for more than 680,000 Marylanders.

America's civil servants missed two paydays amid the government shutdown. They could get those missing checks within the next week.

Much of the shutdown's economic harm will be "undone," but it still did some permanent damage to Maryland, a state especially reliant on federal dollars.

The shutdown is leaving contractors, like Prince George’s County-based Melwood, reevaluating their future and asking: How reliable is the federal government anymore?

Baltimore federal essential workers and families on SNAP can get up to $2,500 a month. Here’s how.

The Banner checked in with Maryland's federal workers to hear how they’ve been spending their time if they’re furloughed and living without paychecks during the record-breaking shutdown.

There’s no immediate end in sight, as Congress and President Donald Trump fight over funding Medicaid and subsidizing the Affordable Care Act.

Federal workers haven’t been paid since September. Some of them are looking for odd jobs, while others are fully leaning into their side hustles.

Maryland families who depend on SNAP benefits are unsure what November will bring as they potentially face a month without food aid.

Maryland’s federal workers and contractors are facing financial uncertainty as the government shutdown stretches on. Here’s where they can get help.

Have you made a job change — either by choice or by necessity — this year that you’d like to share? The Banner wants to hear your story.

Restaurants, museums and theaters in Maryland are offering freebies or reduced-price deals to federal workers during the government shutdown.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is asking the federal government to cover SNAP benefits with money already set aside by Congress.

While you may not be able to control losing your job, there are steps you can take to soften the blow in case a pink slip comes your way.

The government shutdown has reopened debate on what has been a central issue for both major political parties in the last 15 years: the future of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act.