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WASHINGTON – Maryland manufacturers have dramatically reduced the amount of toxic chemicals they spewed into the state’s air, land and water in recent years, government data reveal

Editors: Please hold for release for Sunday, April 28.

WASHINGTON – A high concentration of manufacturers helped make Baltimore and surrounding counties the region with the most toxic industrial pollution in Maryland

Editors: Please hold for release for Sunday, April 21.

WASHINGTON – The fortunes of its orange-and-black-clad baseball namesakes may be on the rise, but those of the Maryland state bird are on a steady decline

Editors: Hold for Release for Sunday, April 21.

WASHINGTON – Scientists believe human activities may be contributing to the Baltimore oriole’s decline

Many Legislators Do Not Disclose All Gifts, Analysis Finds

ANNAPOLIS – State lawmakers are not fully disclosing all the gifts they receive from lobbyists, interest groups and others, according to a Capital News Service computer analysis of ethics forms

Meals, Sporting Events among Gifts to Legislators

ANNAPOLIS – Being a Maryland legislator has its perks

House Passes Anti-terrorism Bill With Help From Maryland Members

WASHINGTON – With the help of six of seven Maryland members, the House passed a bill Thursday that would attempt to prevent terrorism and restrict appeals of death row inmates

Editors: ADDS information on the disposition of Kimble’s civil suits to the paragraphs before the last.

John Kimble says he is running for Congress because he’s “just your average Joe

Naval Academy Midshipmen Indicted for Car Theft Conspiracy

In the latest of a series of scandals to rock the Naval Academy in a week, two current and three former midshipmen have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Baltimore for conspiring to traffic in stolen cars