ANNAPOLIS – Two of Maryland’s wealthiest suburban counties rank second and third statewide in the percentage of local tax base spent on students, while its two richest rural counties are at the bottom, a Capital News Service computer analysis reveals

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ANNAPOLIS – Marylanders may be able to access complete voting records of the state’s General Assembly on the Internet during the 1998 session

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Appeals Wednesday overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a Maryland state trooper because of procedural errors made by the Talbot County Circuit Court during sentencing

ANNAPOLIS – Technophobes must love the idea: The world’s computer networks are on the brink of collapse, government bureaucracies will grind to a halt, multinational corporations will flounder in impotence — all for the lack of two little digits

ELLICOTT CITY – Charles Ecker’s chances of overcoming Ellen Sauerbrey in Maryland’s 1998 GOP gubernatorial primary are sketchy, Maryland state political observers say

ANNAPOLIS – As more public records become available in electronic format, state agencies are hard-pressed to provide information affordably and still make ends meet, officials say

ANNAPOLIS – A strong economy and low interest rates are driving potential boat buyers to the loan market in unusually large numbers, said several marine financiers attending the sailboat and powerboat shows here this week

ANNAPOLIS – In a strong show of support for a new law that opens up serious juvenile court cases to the public, the rules committee for the Maryland Court of Appeals Friday decided to recommend that Maryland courts daily post a public calendar naming the accused and giving other facts

ANNAPOLIS – The Baltimore County Circuit Court can’t force Domino’s Pizza to change its “no-beard” policy for employees without a hearing, even if those employees wear beards for religious reasons, the Maryland Court of Appeals said Thursday