Perot Activist Has Long Association With Texas Billionaire

ANNAPOLIS – Joan Vinson was a distraught woman when she first met Ross Perot in 1969

Public Health Panel Sees Gun Violence As Disease

BALTIMORE – Gun violence is usually the province of policemen and politicians, but the problem was called a disease Wednesday at a gathering of public health officials

Opponents Fail To Amend Governor’s Gun Control Bill

ANNAPOLIS – Senate foes of Gov

Senate Gun-Control Opponents Plan Filibuster as Protest

ANNAPOLIS – Senate opponents of Gov

Glendening Restores Funding for Prison Education

ANNAPOLIS – Teachers in Maryland’s prison schools and their inmate students rejoiced Tuesday over a decision by Gov

Glendening Outlines Gun Enforcement Strategy at Conference

COLLEGE PARK — With votes imminent on his gun-control legislation and the outcome still in doubt, Gov

Bill Would Let Drug Users Sue Pushers

ANNAPOLIS – Drug users could sue their dealers under a bill pushed by a state lawmaker from inner-city Baltimore

Shame Touted as Weapon to Fight Youth Crime

ANNAPOLIS – State lawmakers wrestling with the burgeoning problem of juvenile crime should follow the ancient example of New Zealand tribes and “shame” youthful offenders into going straight, a University of Maryland criminologist argues

Pot Reversal,285

ANNAPOLIS – A student lawyer persuaded the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to throw out the marijuana conviction of a Prince George’s County man

Court Says Judge Was Right to Leave Pakistan Case Alone

ANNAPOLIS – A Baltimore County judge acted correctly in leaving alone the child-custody decision of a Pakistani court, even though the foreign court looked to Islamic teaching in determining the child’s “best interests,” the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled Wednesday