WASHINGTON – Maryland schools have reduced racial disparities in their special education programs, five years after the state signed an agreement with the U

TOWSON – Joshua Golden, 18, walked for the first time at age 14

WASHINGTON – Maryland ranked 43rd out of 46 states surveyed by a national advocacy group on their ability to warn the public about potentially dangerous levels of mercury in fish

WASHINGTON – Days before the anniversary of the murderous shootout at a Colorado high school, Maryland’s Talbot County has been identified as having one of the highest rates of murder of parents in the country

WASHINGTON – When gunman Joseph Palczynski was loose in eastern Baltimore County for 10 days in mid-March, about 28 schools in that area went into lockdown, locking doors and windows and keeping students inside to keep them safe

WASHINGTON – The federal government spent an average of $8,119

WASHINGTON – Federal spending in Maryland totaled more than $8,100 per person in fiscal 1999, the third-highest level of spending among the states

WASHINGTON – Blacks in Baltimore and poor residents on the Eastern Shore will be targeted under a cancer research and education program unveiled Thursday by the National Cancer Institute

WASHINGTON – Gov

WASHINGTON – Maryland university officials welcomed last week’s Supreme Court ruling that said colleges can collect mandatory fees from students, even if the money funds campus groups that the students may disagree with