WASHINGTON – The Easter break will be anything but a break for members of Maryland’s congressional delegation, who will use the two-week recess to criss-cross the state and hold “town hall” meetings on Social Security reform

WASHINGTON – Federal agencies have made substantial improvements in easing the visa process for foreign students, but more needs to be done for this country to avert a “dire” drain brain, university officials said Thursday

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WASHINGTON – The federal government continues to pass billions of dollars worth of unfunded mandates on to local governments, despite a 10-year-old law aimed at curbing the practice, state and local lawmakers said Tuesday

WASHINGTON – The state Department of Human Resources reached “a milestone” when it boosted the number of child welfare caseworkers above a state-mandated minimum of 1,891 early this year, backers say

WASHINGTON- Baltimore resident Mary Vogel is worried

WASHINGTON – The roads were deemed too slippery when school officials across the state canceled classes Friday — but not too slippery for hundreds of children to show up later in the morning for the movies at Arundel Mills mall

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court said Baltimore police acted properly when they searched three separate homes frequented by a drug dealer, ruling that “common sense” gave enough probable cause to issue warrants for the houses

WASHINGTON – The No Child Left Behind Act is “overly prescriptive and rigid” and local schools — and their students — cannot meet its uniform requirements, a national lawmakers’ group charged Wednesday

WASHINGTON – The number of Marylanders getting food stamps rose in 2004, capping a three-year span in which food stamp rolls grew 31 percent, to an average of 273,872 people for the year, according to the U