ANNAPOLIS – Gun-rights groups and mental health advocates were in the unusual position of being on the same side of an issue this week, fearing that new state standards on gun purchases go too far

ANNAPOLIS – The O’Malley administration rebuffed calls Friday to close down Rosewood Center, a day after the state released a scathing report about conditions at Maryland’s largest residential facility for people with developmental disabilities

ANNAPOLIS – State officials have banned admissions to Rosewood Center, Maryland’s largest institution for people with developmental disabilities, after a survey found “life-threatening health or fire safety conditions” there

ANNAPOLIS – Community mental health organizations already face a serious staffing shortage and looming state budget cuts could make the situation even more dire, advocates told lawmakers Wednesday

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COLLEGE PARK- Seung-Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech shooter, did not spend significant time in a psychiatric hospital before last week’s mass slaying — a fact that has intensified the debate on mental health laws in Virginia, Maryland and around the country