LANHAM – Kristine Cruikshank’s office is decorated in gray and blue ocean tones, a perfect color scheme to go with the sound of water trickling from a Japanese-style water fountain her employees gave her

LANHAM – Kristine Cruikshank’s business cards used to proudly display the words “woman-owned corporation

WASHINGTON- Maryland-based contractors earned $11

COLLEGE PARK – College students love a good debate, and one quickly brewed Friday when students at the University of Maryland College Park campus heard that the Census Bureau would be on campus this week urging them to fill out their forms

WASHINGTON – Just 59 percent of Maryland residents had mailed in their census forms by Wednesday, well shy of the 75 percent return rate that officials hoped to have next week, state and federal officials said

BETHESDA – The Bethesda Cares homeless outreach center where Larry Sutton spends his afternoons is cluttered and virtually claustrophobic, and that’s probably the way he would describe his life

WASHINGTON – Miriam Harris can’t help but remember the time her mom spent with her, and she wishes she could spend the same amount of time with her kids

WASHINGTON – The last words Melissa Cullen remembered hearing from her father was “hang on,” as he tried to avoid the gold car that had crossed the center lane and was heading straight for their car

WASHINGTON – The Census Bureau has tested only one-third of the applicants it hopes to get as enumerators in Baltimore, a job that has been called critical to the state securing its share of federal funds over the next decade

WASHINGTON – In the Bible, God asked Moses to take a census