ANNAPOLIS – Community colleges may be able to provide more financial aid to their neediest students as a result of a measure passed Wednesday by the Maryland Higher Education Commission

WASHINGTON – Maryland has the nation’s second-highest percentage of graduating students who passed Advanced Placement exams, but it still has not closed equity gaps for some minority groups, according to a report released Tuesday

WASHINGTON – Stephanie Crockett was too young to apply to the Dance Theatre of Harlem, but when she first saw them perform she knew she was destined for the troupe

ANNAPOLIS – The University System of Maryland could better manage increasing energy costs by signing long-term contracts with providers, a Board of Regents panel is recommending

WASHINGTON – Vincent Oliver still can’t forget the sight of his daughter teaching her first kindergarten class at Broad Acres Elementary School

WASHINGTON – In what a federal District judge has called an “unusual–if not bizarre” defense strategy, four Maryland men filed motions to drop charges against them, including some carrying the death penalty, in part, because their names were capitalized in court filings

COLLEGE PARK – Republican Jane Brooks and Democrat Oz Bengur appear to have little in common, but they do share one trait