ANNAPOLIS – Today, the only way to find out how much lobbyists spend wining and dining legislators and other officials is to visit the State Ethics Commission in Towson

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ANNAPOLIS – A welfare reform bill moved closer to passage Friday after a House committee made changes to a plan by the Department of Human Resources to cut welfare payments to disabled people

ANNAPOLIS – The Senate Finance Committee unanimously recommended a welfare reform bill Friday that will require employers to report new hires monthly instead of quarterly, among other provisions

ANNAPOLIS – State welfare officials have abandoned all thought of imposing a five-year lifetime limit on benefits, and now say any such limit will have to come from Congress

ANNAPOLIS – While advocates for rape victims attacked a court ruling last week that a victim’s prior conversations with the defendant can be used against her in court, prosecutors said the damage was minimal, and one said it might even help

ANNAPOLIS – When Doris Poulsen learned that the driver who hit her car in 1993 was deaf, illiterate and blind in one eye, she sued the Motor Vehicle Administration, saying it should never have issued the man a license

ANNAPOLIS – In a case that could affect small businesses statewide, the Maryland Court of Appeals said Tuesday that employees of such firms can sue for discrimination even though they’re not covered under the state’s anti-discrimination law

ANNAPOLIS – Starting October 1, Maryland residents who fall behind in their child support payments can have their drivers licenses suspended under a year-old law

ANNAPOLIS – State lawmakers asked representatives of the Department of Human Resources Thursday why they should overhaul the state’s welfare system before the pilot program adopted last year is fully implemented