BALTIMORE – A group of environmental activists gathered near a pier in Curtis Bay on Thursday to complain about a key change in the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s reporting of toxic chemicals that they say puts “a blinder on the public’s right to know

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland General Assembly is considering legislation that would ban the most popular tool for recreational and commercial fur trapping in the state – pitting fur trappers and wildlife officials against animal rights activists in a contentious battle over what is humane

ANNAPOLIS – The story of pet cemetery legislation in the Maryland General Assembly involves metal detectors, decorated World War II veterans and even a NASA physicist

BALTIMORE – Veterinary intern Carol Bradford props the young African Penguin on his wobbly webbed feet atop a metal hospital table at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore

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ANNAPOLIS – A Maryland legislator wants to make sure you have a healthy meal when you go out to eat – whether you like it or not

ANNAPOLIS – Linda Hagan’s well has dried up twice since a development sprouted next to the small farm in Carroll County where she grows Christmas trees and antique roses

ANNAPOLIS – Saving the greatest estuary in the Western Hemisphere, as Speaker Michael E

ANNAPOLIS – Do you pilot experimental aircrafts? Are you a bomb technician? Have bees been buzzing about your beekeeping hive? If you answered yes, the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration is happy to make you a commemorative license plate to call your own

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland legislators of both parties may not agree on the “political jargon,” as one delegate put it, surrounding climate change