WASHINGTON – A record number of Marylanders achieved the American dream during the 20th century, as post-war growth spurts, government support and general economic prosperity pushed homeownership to 65 percent

WASHINGTON – In 1900, Baltimore ruled the state and the row house ruled Baltimore

WASHINGTON – Montgomery County businessman Rob Sobhani is expected to announce his candidacy Wednesday for the U

WASHINGTON – A group of Maryland legislators and law enforcement officials are headed for Virginia Friday for a closer look at an aggressive anti-gun program that they hope to bring to Maryland

WASHINGTON – Maryland highway officials are armed with new snow-melting technology to fight the forces of Mother Nature this winter, but the chemicals they plan to use may cause more of a stir than the weather itself

WASHINGTON – Black & Decker has agreed to pay the Consumer Product Safety Commission $575,000 to settle charges that the company failed to report fire- causing defects in an under-the-cabinet toaster it began selling in 1994

WASHINGTON – Cheverly officials gave the go-ahead Tuesday to buy three run-down houses from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, less than a month after the town sued HUD for neglecting the properties

WASHINGTON – Maryland has slipped in a ranking of state efforts to fight drunken driving, according to a national group that said the state has not done enough to pass new laws

WASHINGTON- Like most Americans, John McAllister of Hagerstown will be traveling this Thanksgiving, but his trip won’t simply be over the river and through the woods

WASHINGTON – After years of trying to get the Department of Housing and Urban Development to repair five houses it owns in the town of Cheverly, local officials finally found a way to get the agency’s attention: They sued