ANNAPOLIS – Concerned adults in Maryland want children to “protect their melons

BALTIMORE – After designing Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the mammoth architecture firm of Helmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum (HOK) was credited by some Maryland architects with helping to usher in a development renaissance in downtown Baltimore

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland is close to requiring habitual drunk drivers to have a device in their car that would prevent them from driving while intoxicated

ANNAPOLIS – The Senate gave tentative approval Thursday to two very different bills dealing with the problem of toxic lead paint in older buildings

ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals Thursday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against several police agencies over the search of a Takoma Park home for stolen University of Maryland property

ANNAPOLIS – Sherry Fowlkes took her daughter Aijee to a routine checkup in January, only to discover that the baby had an alarming level of lead in her blood

ANNAPOLIS – If a proposed drunk driving law takes effect in Maryland, this is what will happen if a convicted drunk driver tries to start a car while intoxicated: nothing

BALTIMORE – As March 11 scheduled fare increases draw closer, bus riders here aren’t pleased with the Mass Transmit Administration’s new fare restructuring system — never mind a new, all-day pass for $3

ANNAPOLIS – In the Legislature’s first vote on the state’s controversial NFL deals, the House Appropriations Committee gave an overwhelmingly favorable report Friday to two bills concerning the proposed stadium at Baltimore’s Camden Yards

ANNAPOLIS – Two new housing bills would prevent unnecessary evictions and help reduce homelessness in the state, supporters said Thursday, while landlords argued the measures would only complicate the process and increase rents for other tenants