Black Lawmakers Give High Marks to Glendening’s Agenda

ANNAPOLIS – At least one Maryland Legislative Black Caucus member said he was still too upset by last week’s ouster of former Sen

Montgomery Lawmakers See Good, Bad in Glendening Speech

ANNAPOLIS – Montgomery County Democrats found their expected piece of the state budget pie sugary sweet Wednesday but Republicans, in large part, found it tart with dubious election- year promises

Big Spender on Congressional Junkets Vows Altruistic Motives

WASHINGTON – The Aspen Institute paid for more than a quarter of all privately funded trips Maryland Congress members took since January 1996, but officials of the non-profit said all they are seeking is a “well-informed, bipartisan” Congress

Experts Suggest If You Have the Holiday Blues You Should Relax

Carollers sing with delight

Maryland Cuts Gonorrhea Infection in Half During Last Decade

WASHINGTON – The number of new gonorrhea infections in Maryland has dropped by half in the last decade, from 24,132 cases diagnosed in 1987 to 11,318 in 1996

Maryland Delegation Racks Up $47,000 in Private Trips

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s 10 members of Congress took 30 privately funded trips worth $47,000 in the past two years, while their staffers went on 28 such junkets worth $27,000, according to congressional travel records

USM Regents Approve Campuses’ Strategic Goals

ROCKVILLE – The University System of Maryland Board of Regents Friday approved strategic goals set by individual campuses to both improve education and keep down consumer costs

Holiday Hazards,530

Deck the halls with boughs of holly — but don’t hang the them by the fireplace or where children might confuse the poison red berries with candy

Baltimore/Washington Area Has More Than 400 Drug Organizations

WASHINGTON – Authorities have identified more than 400 drug organizations operating in the Washington/Baltimore region, ranging from technologically advanced cartels to street-level youth gangs

Carroll County Special Education Program Involves Community

WESTMINSTER – The multi-colored beach volleyball came over the net with force and landed on the court – point scored