ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland General Assembly cleared the way for construction of the controversial Inter-county Connector, approving funding that some lawmakers had said would prevent other transportation projects from being built just as the session closed for the year

ANNAPOLIS – Although sponsors in both the House and the Senate pushed for stronger controls on air pollution from power plants and vehicles in a series of bills, all failed to pass this session

ANNAPOLIS – In 2006, voters will consider a constitutional amendment granting oversight on disposition of state land to the Maryland General Assembly — a bill that passed in the final hours of this year’s session last week

ANNAPOLIS – Over outspoken opposition from conservative delegates, a “life partners” bill passed the Maryland House Thursday

ANNAPOLIS — Homes near cliffs along the Chesapeake Bay are endangered by erosion, with several homes, a hot tub, and a septic system close to teetering over the edges

ANNAPOLIS – Beginning an impassioned plea to let residential customers save by buying electricity in bulk, Sen

ANNAPOLIS – There’s no convenient way to recycle polluting, old computers because many counties do not offer recycling, or offer it only once or twice a year

ANNAPOLIS — Both opposite- and same-sex couples will be able to register as life partners, giving them rights to make medical decisions for each other, according a bill tentatively approved Wednesday by the Maryland Senate

ANNAPOLIS — There is no panacea for the Chesapeake Bay’s health, and the piecemeal approach — a program here, a development ban there — that the region has been using to clean up the estuary are insufficient and ineffective, scientists say

ANNAPOLIS — The polluted Chesapeake Bay won’t be cleaned up until campaign financing and public funding of large infrastructure projects are scrubbed, say legislators on all sides of environmental issues