Small Assisted-Living Places Face Little Regulation

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