NEW WINDSOR – Parker Smith likes to sit in the rocking chair on his porch and watch rainstorms pass over the Carroll County valley his family has farmed, mostly undisturbed, for seven generations

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RIVA – The first picture of Timothy and Sarah Cochran’s adopted child resembled a blank television screen filled with indecipherable static

ANNAPOLIS – A measure to guide state funding of stem cell research cleared the Maryland General Assembly Wednesday and now goes to the desk of Governor Robert L

ANNAPOLIS – A bill to required Maryland hospitals and nursing homes to screen incoming patients for antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been defeated in the face of opposition from the hospital industry

ANNAPOLIS – Legislation to guide state spending on stem cell research passed a Maryland House of Delegates committee Friday, clearing the way for the bill to be debated by the full House

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Senate narrowly ended a filibuster battle over stem cell research Wednesday, after hours of back-room negotiations produced a compromise that allowed both sides to claim victory

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland House of Delegates passed legislation Friday to provide $25 million in state funding for stem cell research, outvoting delegates who said they were opposed to the destruction of embryos for research purposes

ANNAPOLIS – Conflict over legislation to fund stem cell research heated up on the floor of the Maryland Senate Thursday as Republican opponents of the measure complained of changes Senate Democrats made to the bill’s language after it had already been debated and voted on by a legislative committee

ANNAPOLIS – Supporters of legislation to encourage embryonic stem cell research in Maryland beat back attempts in the House of Delegates Wednesday to weaken key provisions of the bill