More families lost their homes, new construction hardly broke ground, mom-and-pop shops and corporations alike filed bankruptcies, and spending on all fronts was scaled back.
Today the unemployment rate in Anne Arundel County hovers at 6.7 percent, which looms well above the number of jobless residents exactly one year ago, at 4.5 percent, according to Maryland labor officials. Across the state, businesses are continuing to shed jobs, even though the rate of declining...
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