Businesses Blast Bill Aimed at Tobacco Recovery Suit

ANNAPOLIS – A bill that would strengthen the state’s chances in its lawsuit against the tobacco industry was attacked Tuesday by business leaders who said it would target “deep-pocket” companies

Could Cole Field House Become Pepsi Cola Field House?

ANNAPOLIS – Could the new Cole Field House be the Pepsi Cola Field House?

That is the fear of speakers who turned out Wednesday to support a bill that would prevent state universities and colleges from selling corporations the right to name campus athletic facilities or slap their logos on them

Property Tax-Cut “Gimmick” Wins Preliminary OK

ANNAPOLIS – A House subcommittee gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a resolution that recommends a 5-cent cut in the state property tax rate

Bill Would Cut Benefits to Intoxicated Workers

ANNAPOLIS – A proposal to deny workers’ compensation to employees who were drunk or on drugs when they were hurt on the job was attacked Thursday as “an attempt to deny benefits to workers in Maryland

Scholarship Aims to Nurture Home-Grown Scientists

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland could be losing out on as much as $1 billion in high-tech salaries each year and state officials are looking for a way to recover that potential tax base

Lawmakers Aim to Make Harassment by E-Mail a Felony

ANNAPOLIS – For more than two decades it has been a crime in Maryland to harass someone over the telephone

Court Lifts Injunction Against Adult Bookstore

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Appeals on Wednesday lifted a lower court’s injunction that had kept an Annapolis adult bookstore from running peepshows