ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s July unemployment rate tied the jobless ratefor the same time last year, a signal the state’s economy is continuingits recovery

ANNAPOLIS – One of the nation’s largest labor unions is so adamantthat its chosen Charles County Democratic primary candidate become thevictor that it is urging members to “single-shot” Jim Jarboe of La Platafor one of three delegate slots in Tuesday’s election

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has ordered Maryland to providelong- term space in the Port of Baltimore to a former naval hospital shipthat will be a floating residential drug rehabilitation treatmentfacility for about 300 women

WASHINGTON – Maryland manufacturers released significantly fewer toxic chemicals into the environment in 1999 than they did a decade before, according to the latest statistics available from the Environmental Protection Agency

WASHINGTON – The federal government spent $48

WASHINGTON – They are large, ravenous, semi-aquatic, nocturnal, orange- toothed rodents destroying marsh vegetation and Maryland officials would shoot them all dead if they could

WASHINGTON – Michael Tabor balanced his conscience against his farm subsidy and finally decided his conscience was worth more

WASHINGTON – Maryland farmers got $318

WASHINGTON – Half of the state’s counties are unlikely to meet one or more tougher air pollution standards that the Environmental Protection Agency will soon impose, according to a report released Thursday by a national coalition of environmental groups

WASHINGTON – Recent rainfall in Maryland has made fields wet enough for farmers to plant this spring, but whether there will be enough water for anything to grow this summer remains to be seen, officials said Wednesday