As Development Encroaches, Bel Air’s Beloved School Threatened

BEL AIR – Among the fast food restaurants, department stores and gas stations that have sprung up everywhere in this rapidly developing suburb of Baltimore, locals can point out the few remaining landmarks that speak of the town’s history

Realtors’ Group To Lobby For Affordable Housing

ANNAPOLIS – Despite a cooling housing market in the state, the Maryland Association of Realtors Tuesday launched a lobbying group that plans to advocate for lower home prices

Md. Business Leaders Optimistic About Incoming Governor

ANNAPOLIS – Though the person in the governor’s office is changing from a pro-business Republican to a mainstream Democrat, leaders of Maryland’s business community are cautiously optimistic about working with Gov

Officials Fear Counting Md. Ballots Could Take Days

GLEN BURNIE – Planning to stay up late on election night to see if your candidate won? You might want to brew a few extra pots of coffee – enough even to last a few days

Constellation, FPL Cancel Merger Plans

ANNAPOLIS – Wary of pushing further into the political, legislative and regulatory thicket of Maryland, Constellation Energy Group Inc

Late Paper Ballots Create Problems For Election Boards

ANNAPOLIS – After electronic glitches made a mess of primary elections in some places, voting officials vowed that general elections would progress without a bump

Court Ruling May Have Imperiled ‘Give Backs’ to BGE Customers

ANNAPOLIS – The recent decision by the Maryland Court of Appeals that has endangered a merger between BGE’s parent company and a Florida-based utility may have also thrown into doubt a plan to return to consumers some $386 million in rate reductions starting next year

Court Rules Immigrant Children Must Retain Health Benefits

ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Appeals Thursday ruled that about 3,000 children and pregnant woman who are recent immigrants should keep receiving health care while a lower court decides whether it is constitutional for the state to cut off their Medicaid benefits

Elections Officials Worry About Getting Out Absentee Ballots

ANNAPOLIS – As the state’s leading politicians urge voters to request absentee ballots instead of going to the polls, local elections officials are contending with a predictable flood of requests for absentee ballots

Duncan Urges Voters To Cast Absentee Ballots

ROCKVILLE – Saying he had no confidence in electronic voting machines, Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan Tuesday urged voters to cast absentee ballots instead of going to the polls