ANNAPOLIS – The Baltimore oriole could soon have a new companion
Stiffer Drunken-Driving Laws Urged
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s drunken-driving laws are too loose and the General Assembly should approve the more than 20 bills introduced this session to stiffen them, witnesses told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday
Maryland Lawmakers Say Wyoming Bells Belong to Philippines
ANNAPOLIS – For more than 50 years, two massive bronze bells, symbols of Filipino national pride, have stood silent inside a brick and glass monument in a Wisconsin Air Force base
Tearful Testimony Targets Gun Safety Education
ANNAPOLIS – Last week was the first time Carole Price heard the 911 call of a desperate 9-year-old boy asking the operator when Price’s 13-year-old son would wake up
Task Force Urges Private Insurers to Help Pay for Drug Treatment
ANNAPOLIS – Private insurers should shoulder one-third of the cost of a 10-year $300 million drug and alcohol treatment initiative, said Lt
House Approves Curbs on Lobbyist-Legislator Relationships
ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates made good on its effort to clean up relationships between lawmakers and lobbyists by overwhelmingly passing an ethics bill Thursday, despite continuing disagreements over the measure’s language
General Assembly May Recognize Controversial Genocide
ANNAPOLIS – Congress found it too touchy to pass, but the General Assembly will try to approve a joint resolution recognizing as genocide the deaths of up to 1
Opponents Call for Hang Up on Commuter Calling Ban
ANNAPOLIS – Opponents of a movement to prohibit the use of hand-held phones while driving said Tuesday that education, not prohibition, is the answer to accidents attributed to the practice
Hip Injury May Reduce General Assembly’s GOP Roster
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland General Assembly Delegate A