ANNAPOLIS – State lawmakers who want to double the tobacco tax for the second time in three years say the increase will generate $148 million and save 15,000 lives

ANNAPOLIS – In little hands, soap can be transformed

ANNAPOLIS – Prince George’s County delegates asked for immediate intervention to cripple the county school board Thursday, while toughening a long-range plan to revamp the board with appointees

ANNAPOLIS – A bill requiring veterinarians to report suspected animal abuse is drawing support from the animal-rights community but skepticism from some lawmakers in the General Assembly

ANNAPOLIS – Speculation about the departure of Prince George’s County Schools Superintendent Iris T

ANNAPOLIS – The state’s vision for schools in the next decade is ambitious, likely expensive, and centered on classroom teaching

ANNAPOLIS – Sometimes, prisoners need to be naked

ANNAPOLIS – The state would have to burn cigarettes it takes from smugglers and stop selling them back to tobacco companies under a bill in the General Assembly

ANNAPOLIS – Smokers may find fewer restaurants and bars to light up in under a bill in the General Assembly designed to protect workers from secondhand smoke

ANNAPOLIS – Voters could recall and replace members of the troubled Prince George’s County School board under a bill proposed Friday