Gas Prices Set Record in Maryland, More Increases Expected

WASHINGTON – Average Maryland gasoline prices reached a record high of $1

FEMA Agrees to Review Thousands of Flood Claims from Hurricane Isabel

WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will conduct a broad review of the 25,000 flood-insurance claims from Hurricane Isabel in the face of complaints from homeowners and lawmakers

Maryland Firms, Others Face Senate Scrutiny for Abusive Credit Counseling

WASHINGTON – John Paul Allen was hired last summer as a debt counselor by AmeriDebt, but soon he found that his actual job at the Germantown non-profit was to make highly indebted people pay even more

Maryland Filed 6,157 Complaints in Months After Do-Not-Call List Kicked In

WASHINGTON – The Federal Trade Commission got 6,157 complaints last year from Maryland residents who said they were still being called by telemarketers despite having signed up on the national Do-Not-Call Registry

FTC Slams Spam Scam: ‘Do Not E-Mail Registries’ Do Not Work Yet, It Warns

WASHINGTON – The popularity of the Do-Not-Call Registry has spawned a new scam: a Do-Not-E-mail Registry that government officials say is a fake

For Baltimore Woman, Foreign Outsourcing of Jobs Hits Close to Home

WASHINGTON – When she lost her job as a crane operator at a Baltimore steel plant in 1994, Vicky Bielawski’s only option was a training program that, nine months later, got her a job drawing children’s blood samples — at half her old pay

Challengers in Crowded Senate Field Say GOP Has Become a Party of One

WASHINGTON – There are nine candidates running in the Maryland Republican primary for U

11 Senate Challengers Bring Long, Largely Unsuccessful, Campaign History

WASHINGTON – If the 11 candidates who are trying to unseat Democratic Sen

Maryland Drivers Lose 52 Million Hours a Year in Highway Bottlenecks

WASHINGTON – Maryland drivers lost 52

Maryland Gas Prices Near Record High, Slightly Higher Than the Nation

WASHINGTON – Average regular gasoline prices in Maryland went up 16 cents in January, stopping just a dime shy of the state’s all-time high of $1