ANNAPOLIS – Summertime beachgoers along Route 50 might catch a break in their wallets – and their gas tanks – if a freshman state lawmaker succeeds in passing his first General Assembly bill

ANNAPOLIS – The calico cat trumps all state felines, the blue crab is king of Maryland crustaceans and jousting is the Free State’s special sport

ANNAPOLIS – A new Chesapeake Bay ferry, which lower Eastern Shore officials hope will jump-start the area’s stagnant economy, could be running by next spring if the General Assembly approves legislation that nearly passed last year

ANNAPOLIS – The state Senate’s top leader warned colleagues Thursday not to “draw a line in the sand” over slot machines and new taxes, issues that have polarized lawmakers in recent weeks as possible remedies for a mounting budget deficit

ANNAPOLIS – Don’t put away the shovels and salt just yet: At least two more snowstorms are making their way toward Maryland this winter

COLLEGE PARK – Rep