ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates Wednesday approved a budget plan that cuts property taxes and provides money for public-school construction

ANNAPOLIS – House Democrats Friday touted a retooled budget that’s expected to include $250 million to fund public school construction

ANNAPOLIS – Despite a Senate vote Thursday to approve a slot machine bill, the fate of the legislation remains as uncertain as ever

ANNAPOLIS – Business groups sparred with liberal advocacy organizations Wednesday over legislative attempts to force corporations to pay more income tax

ANNAPOLIS – The Senate voted 30-16 Thursday to raise the minimum wage from $5

ARNOLD – President Bush on Wednesday pointed to Maryland’s community colleges as an example of the kind of flexible job-training programs he wants nationwide for the next generation of skilled workers

ANNAPOLIS – Robert Ehrlich, Maryland’s first Republican governor in nearly 40 years, likes to point out that he’s the new kid on a block Democrats are used to ruling

ANNAPOLIS – Clarence “Tiger” Davis stared long and hard at the voting scoreboard Friday, unsure whether his colleagues in the House of Delegates had ended their two-year embargo on slot-machine gambling

ANNAPOLIS – Slot-machine gambling came closer Wednesday to becoming a reality in Maryland as the House committee that had buried previous legislation finally approved it

ANNAPOLIS – An Ehrlich administration official blasted Democrats on the Senate floor Friday, accusing them of “trying to turn back the clock” to when Democrats dominated state government