BALTIMORE – As many as 16 school districts in Maryland use one or more toxic pesticides believed to cause health problems in children, according to a report released Tuesday by MaryPIRG, the Maryland Public Interest Research Group

BALTIMORE – The shootings get the headlines, but when U

ANNAPOLIS – Electronic chalkboards

BALTIMORE Black high school students in Maryland dropped out at a rate twice as high as white students in 1997, and, on average, scored nearly 200 points lower on the national Scholastic Assessment Test, according to a report presented at Wednesday’s Maryland State Board of Education meeting

BALTIMORE – The University of Maryland, College Park, will receive $36 million to modernize the Stamp Student Union – if the Board of Regents approves a recommendation from its Finance Committee to sell $42 million in bonds for this and other projects

ANNAPOLIS – Sara Brooks, a 20-year-old senior at the University of Maryland, College Park, was planning on working a retail job this summer

ANNAPOLIS – Despite numerous predictions that Gov

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland moved a step closer Tuesday to revamping its decades-old state ethics law