DICKERSON – For five decades the members of the Woodmoor Pinecrest neighborhood of Silver Spring borrowed ladders from fire stations and battled broken strands of Christmas lights that had been chewed through by squirrels, all in the name of getting a three-story tall evergreen to light in the annual holiday ceremony
Health Care Debate to Intensify, But Big Change Is Unlikely
WASHINGTON – Americans should be prepared for two more years of verbal combat over health care reform when the new Congress is seated in January, but wholesale changes to the law are unlikely before the next election, experts say
Health Care Law’s Passage Still Fuels Election Debate
WASHINGTON – When Tamisha Jackson got a letter from her health insurer informing her that she would no longer have coverage after she turned 22 last November, the Towson University graduate student immediately began to research individual plans
Health Care Law Takes Effect Amid Controversy
WASHINGTON – Controversy continues to surround the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law in March 2010
Political Novices Vie to Replace Sarbanes
WASHINGTON – The nation’s anti-incumbency fervor has prompted a wave of political novices to jump into the 3rd Congressional District primary, but experts say very few of either party have raised enough money or done enough campaigning to make the outcome on Sept
Light Turnout Marks Early Voting Debut
COLLEGE PARK – The first day of early voting in Maryland Friday was sparsely attended, featuring mostly retired citizens trickling into early voting stations amid criticism that the new service hadn’t gotten enough publicity