Western Maryland Leads State in Violent Crime Growth

CUMBERLAND – The manner of the 66-year-old grocer’s death was not at all common in the Western Maryland town

Just One of `Megan’s Progeny’ Survives 1999 Session

ANNAPOLIS – They’ve been called the “progeny” of Megan’s Law, and several variations of the law inspired by the brutal sexual assault of a New Jersey 7- year-old occupied the Maryland General Assembly this session, but only one is likely to become law

Court Rules Against Cat Lover

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s second highest court denied Ruth M

Black Caucus Declares Victory on MLK Holiday, Education and Tobacco

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Legislative Black Caucus failed to win recognition as an official delegation in this year’s General Assembly, but members were heartened by the passage of a Martin Luther King Jr

University of Maryland Stays Diverse After Banneker, But Fears Loss of Brightest Black Students

ANNAPOLIS – Any college recruiter could see that Heather Austin was a prize

Pepsi Pulls Commercial filmed at University of Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – Pepsi officials yanked a television commercial filmed at the University of Maryland-College Park after school officials complained that it tarnished campus fraternities’ image and made light of alcohol abuse

Transgender Lawyer Moves Lawmakers on Discrimination Bill

ANNAPOLIS- Face scowling and hurling contrary questions, Delegate Emmett C

RESEND for all needing

ANNAPOLIS A dozen Maryland legislators accused a Baltimore Catholic weekly newspaper of fueling violence and extremism after it published an editorial cartoon depicting abortion rights legislators boiling in a pot

Court Upholds Parking Rage Ruling

ANNAPOLIS- Maryland’s second most powerful court last week settled a bitter dispute in which a fourth-grade teacher jumped into a parking space to win a spot then was injured by another car vying for the same space