ANNAPOLIS – A Baltimore charity said it received more than $1 million in private contributions, but spent nothing to get the donations

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Justice will officially become the Department of Juvenile Services effective July 1 – a sign, the new administration hopes, of greater things to come

ANNAPOLIS – Basketball player Rayna DuBose faced her toughest competition last April, but it wasn’t on the court

ANNAPOLIS – A weakened version of a state child identification program won unanimous approval Wednesday from Maryland’s House of Delegates

BALTIMORE – Cribs and adult beds stand side by side in the pastel rooms, where handmade flowers adorn the windows

ANNAPOLIS – If large grocery chain stores are allowed to sell beer and wine, it would easily wipe out many small, family-owned liquor stores in Maryland, said opponents of a bill to allow chain stores to apply for liquor licenses

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s leading nonprofit group is worried that approving slot machines for Maryland’s race tracks may lower earnings for charities who use gambling to raise money for their causes

ANNAPOLIS – Attempted murder

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland housing advocates trekked to Annapolis Wednesday to alert lawmakers to the growing lack of affordable housing and to jockey for position in the battle for funding while the state faces a nearly $2 billion budget shortfall

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers are targeting ways to curb violence against women and children by toughening existing laws