Maryland Senate Joins House In Backing Lower Drunken-Driving Standard

ANNAPOLIS – A measure to reduce the legal drunken-driving threshold from

Maryland Lawmakers Opt Out of Chicken Feed Flap

ANNAPOLIS – A proposal to gather data on antibiotic-laced animal feed is likely dead for the year, after both the Maryland Senate and a House panel defeated the measure Wednesday

Senate Panel Gives Boost to Supporters of Tougher Drunken-Driving Laws

ANNAPOLIS – Supporters of tougher drunken-driving laws were given a confidence boost Friday when a Senate committee approved a measure to lower the drunken-driving threshold from

Senate Committee Kills Bill to Make Hit-and-Run Driving a Felony

ANNAPOLIS – A Senate committee Thursday killed a bill to make it a felony for drivers to flee the scene of an accident, even as the parents of a hit-and- run victim were preparing to testify before a House committee on the measure

Maryland House Panel Kills One Bird with 10 Votes

ANNAPOLIS – The raven will not fly with the Baltimore oriole after all

House Drops Drunken-Driving Threshold to .08

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland House of Delegates Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a measure to lower the drunken-driving threshold from

House Considers Admissibility of Breath Test Refusal

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland House of Delegates Thursday approved a measure making a suspected drunken-driver’s refusal to take a breathalyzer test admissible evidence in court

House Panel Backs Name Change, Lower Limit for Drunken Driving

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s drunken-driving law would get a makeover under legislation approved by a House panel Tuesday

Despite Tough Gun Laws, Centreville Man Got Shotgun

ANNAPOLIS – None of Maryland’s strict gun laws could have stopped a Centreville man charged in the shooting deaths of two police officers two weeks ago from obtaining the shotgun believed used in their slaying

Senate Measure Would Mandate Gun Safety Courses in Schools

ANNAPOLIS – Public schools would have to teach Maryland students how to handle guns under legislation passed in the Senate Friday