BALTIMORE – Classroom walls soon may be computer screens for some Maryland students using the new “virtual school” program unanimously approved Wednesday by the State Board of Education

ANNAPOLIS – All-day kindergarten may occur at the expense of reducing class sizes in many jurisdictions throughout the state, according to a Maryland House subcommittee Friday

ANNAPOLIS – Two parts of the state’s HOPE Scholarship program may need retooling to bring in more recipients, a key House subcommittee determined Tuesday

ANNAPOLIS – Reform Party presidential candidate Pat Buchanan said Friday the recent terrorist bombing of the USS Cole and the increased violence between Israelis and Palestinians should be treated as separate issues

ANNAPOLIS – School officials throughout the state are desperately rethinking their hiring practices and compromising on quality as they attempt to fill hundreds of teaching vacancies this year, and forestall the record number expected next year

ANNAPOLIS – In a judgment that could affect hundreds of Baltimore residents, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday the District Court for Baltimore City is responsible for hearing tenant requests for rent compensation and escrow claims together

Central Maryland voters cannot agree on which presidential candidate they like better

Bill Landon clicks off the electric sander he’s been using to smooth out the wooden trim of the boat “Lubbers Quarters,” and ponders next month’s election

Clarence Ridgell, 76, sat behind the counter of Buzzy’s Historic Country Store with a newspaper in front of him, patiently answering questions like someone who had been voting for 50 years

Ruth Moorman may be a Republican, but she breaks ranks when it comes to her party’s pledge to use the budget surplus for a tax cut