ANNAPOLIS – Dennis Byrne said he prefers the family setting of a small residential home rather than a large 100-bed facility for his 86-year-old aunt suffering from Alzheimer’s disease
More Maryland Children Prepared for Kindergarten
BALTIMORE – More Maryland children are better prepared for kindergarten than in previous years, according to a report released Wednesday by the Maryland State Department of Education
Bills Target Schoolchildren’s Health, Welfare
ANNAPOLIS – Delegate Luiz Simmons, D-Montgomery, said he did not realize how being bullied as a child affected his daughter’s self-esteem until she chose to write a book about her and other girls’ experiences, rather than accept an offer to attend Yale Law School
House Approves Bill to Improve Foster Care
ANNAPOLIS – A bill to require the state to keep better track of children in foster care passed the House Friday, four days after a legislative audit revealed that 35 percent of children in foster care might not be attending school
Senate, House, Governor Haggle Over Children’s Office
ANNAPOLIS – The governor’s administration and lawmakers are in a battle over the fate of the state office that oversees children’s programs
Workers Rally to Save Child Care Locator
ANNAPOLIS – About 100 child care advocates rallied in front of the State House Friday to try to persuade lawmakers to restore budget cuts to the state’s child care locator before it has to close
Senate Dispatches Slew of Bills to Make Deadline
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Senate passed a long slate of bills Thursday in a scramble to make sure its proposals make it to the House before a Monday deadline
Regents See Universities Declining Students for Lack of Funds
ANNAPOLIS – Nearly 4,000 well-qualified students may not be admitted to schools in the University System of Maryland next year if the system does not receive enough state funding, enrollment projections released Thursday show