ANNAPOLIS- For the third straight year following the lapse of a federal assault weapons ban, Maryland legislators are once again are faced with deciding whether to make it illegal to own, buy or sell specific types of semiautomatic rifles and shotguns

ANNAPOLIS- “I’m at a low ebb,” Maryland Comptroller William Donald Schaefer confided to onlookers at the kickoff for a statewide hunger drive Friday

ANNAPOLIS- In what could be another legislative rebuke to Gov

BALTIMORE- More than likely you know someone like this:

She’s a high school graduate, probably in her 30s or 40s, who has more than likely been married

ANNAPOLIS- A series of bills designed to protect witnesses and victims in Maryland criminal cases set off heated debate between proponents and legislators Wednesday, mirroring a battle from last year’s session

ANNAPOLIS- Maryland legislators must soon decide if an effort to help a few families avoid protracted and emotionally draining court battles is worth passing a law eliminating the custody and visitation rights of a parent convicted of the murder of an immediate family member

ANNAPOLIS- The photographs all tell stories

ANNAPOLIS- Maryland consumers may soon be able to put a freeze on their personal credit reports, making it harder for identity thieves to make fraudulent purchases, if a set of bills backed by state Attorney General J

ANNAPOLIS – This week, the Maryland Court of Appeals sorted out arguments over the forensic validity of testing the lead in bullets, over requiring translation of jury waivers into Korean, and over the question of whether arbitration precludes a lawsuit

ANNAPOLIS- In what they describe as an effort to “put Maryland in the political mainstream,” a group of legislators and civil rights advocates is backing legislation to abolish voting restrictions on convicted felons who have served out their prison sentences