Students Shield Facebook Pages From Employers With Name Change

WASHINGTON – Some students worried about how their online presence will be perceived by a potential employer are taking the extraordinary security step of changing their names on the social network Facebook

Don’t Panic If Your Toyota Revs, Experts Say

WASHINGTON – Six thousand, one hundred and seventy-six — that’s how many Toyota vehicles Darcars Automotive Group has fixed since early February at its four Maryland locations, said Vice President of Customer Relations Rose Bayat

UB Set to Increase Fall Undergraduate Offerings

COLLEGE PARK – The University of Baltimore continued its undergraduate expansion on Friday, winning approval from the Board of Regents for two new degree programs in environmental and international studies

Students, Officials React to Proposed Hike

WASHINGTON – With a tuition increase likely for Maryland’s public universities next year, you’d expect more protests, but students and others have taken the news as more positive than negative

Tuition Funds Safe, Officials Say, If USM Faces Midyear Cuts

WASHINGTON – If the University System of Maryland’s budget must be cut in midyear, as it has been the past two years, state officials say those reductions won’t tap students’ tuition

Charter School Group Ranks Maryland Last

WASHINGTON – A leading charter school advocacy organization has ranked Maryland’s charter school law last among 38 states and the District of Columbia, just as the state’s public school system reached No

Proponents of Lower Taxes Rally in Annapolis

ANNAPOLIS – Proponents of lower taxes gathered late Wednesday night on a packed Lawyer’s Mall following the opening of the 2010 session of the Maryland legislature

A Year of Opportunity for Maryland Republicans

ANNAPOLIS – Ranked by Gallup as the country’s third most Democratic state, Maryland has been a steep climb for any Republican candidate vying to win statewide office

Allegany County’s Celanese Sewer Plant Curbs Outsize Flows

CUMBERLAND – At the Celanese Wastewater Treatment Plant here on a snowy day in early December, giant open-air cisterns churn constantly, providing background sounds of quietly bubbling brown water and the hum of machinery

Higher Prescription Drug Spending Concerns Marylanders

WASHINGTON – Marylanders continue to spend more on prescription drugs compared to their national counterparts, despite the state’s lower overall health care spending, according to an analysis of state and national health care expenditure data