Raven May Join Oriole as Official State Bird

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

Lawmaker Wants to Boost Penalty for Fleeing Accident

ANNAPOLIS – Delegate William A

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