Growth Squeezes Residents While Making Crofton Biggest Tract in State

CROFTON – Lisa Eliot watched last summer as three neighbors without children sold their homes to families with children

Maryland GOP Women Sport Patent With Pride

ANNAPOLIS – When Peggy Irish’s husband told her to wander around the exhibition area of a seminar in New Orleans last year, neither expected her to start the process of patenting an ornament for the Maryland Federation of Republican Women

In Tech Wars, Patents Give Edge to Free State

ANNAPOLIS – If patents are an indicator of inventiveness, Maryland is edging out rival Virginia in that corner of the technology economy wars

Maryland Inventors Show Independent Streak

ANNAPOLIS – Not all patents filed in Maryland are complex scientific ones granted to inventors working for high-tech companies

Grass-Roots Groups Launch Petition Drive to Overturn Development Legislation

ANNAPOLIS – A new grass-roots property rights group claiming the Maryland Economic Development Corp

Montgomery Lawmakers Celebrate 2001 Success, Plan for 2002

ANNAPOLIS – Despite a slowing economy, Montgomery County lawmakers congratulated themselves Tuesday on winning a sizable chunk of construction funds and passing many favorite bills during the General Assembly session that closed Monday

Tax Filers Turn to Computers for Help

ANNAPOLIS – The filing deadline for income tax returns is looming, and more people are relying on their computers to reduce the time and effort it takes to file their tax forms

Reluctant Senate Approves Glendening’s Budget

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Senate grudgingly gave final approval to Gov

House, Senate Cut Glendening’s Capital Budget

ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates and Senate Wednesday both gave tentative approval, with modest trims, to Gov