Maryland’s new lieutenant governor winds up a speech at a Baltimore high school, touching on the importance of hard study, of perseverence

ANNAPOLIS – Recognizing the Congressional mood to give states more flexibility in welfare reform, the Maryland General Assembly made a bipartisan push this session for its own welfare- to-work programs

ANNAPOLIS – Some of the same senators who gutted a bill that would have banned them from accepting sports tickets from lobbyists have been among the largest benefactors of such gifts, records show

ANNAPOLIS – A young mother starts what seems an ordinary day

ANNAPOLIS – Legislation aimed at getting Maryland businesses to help welfare recipients go to work won tentative approval Wednesday in the Maryland House of Delegates

BELTSVILLE – Over a corned beef and cabbage lunch, the old men swap memories of 1930s America, a time of poverty, prayer, then hope

ANNAPOLIS – Fifteen years of work in emergency rooms revealed a world of social problems to Dr

ANNAPOLIS – From the poorest to the richest, parents who fail to pay child support are the target of a host of bills in the Maryland General Assembly this year

ANNAPOLIS – As the welfare debate heats up the Maryland Statehouse, opposing camps on the abortion issue are uniting against the family cap, a measure designed to discourage mothers on public assistance from having more babies

ANNAPOLIS – Showing bipartisan intentions to address the needs of their youngest constituents, more than 25 legislators on Wednesday signed a “Contract with Maryland’s Children