ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers want to fix a “critical shortage” of foreign-language speakers in the United States by urging immigrants and their families to preserve their native tongues

BLADENSBURG – The Governor’s Wellmobile parks outside Bladensburg Elementary School on Thursdays administering vaccinations and providing physicals and basic health care, all for free

ANNAPOLIS – The next time you buy concert tickets, make sure you’re seeing the band you’re paying for

ANNAPOLIS – Some developmental disability and mental health care providers are facing a financial crisis due to inflation, according to supporters of a bill requiring increases in yearly cost of living adjustments from the state

ANNAPOLIS – State lawmakers are proposing to tax some of our bad habits in an attempt to repeal an unpopular computer services sales tax and possibly raise money for health care

ELLICOTT CITY – Kim and John Nupp, both 37, haven’t had a good night’s sleep in years

ANNAPOLIS – A Democratic lawmaker wants to drug test all driver’s license applicants under 21 and vows to “fight like a tiger” to push the legislation, which he hopes will save lives

ANNAPOLIS – A three-digit phone number can revolutionize access to social services, according to advocates for low-income Marylanders who are fighting to make 2-1-1 a state-funded fixture

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers are pushing a bill to criminalize the commercial use of a deceased soldier’s name or image, but opponents say political speech would be unlawfully targeted

ANNAPOLIS – Delegate Kevin Kelly is “scared to death” when he sees dogs traveling loose in pickup trucks in his rural Allegany County district