WASHINGTON – How do you preserve the legacy of a 96-foot-tall tulip poplar that stood for liberty and justice for centuries?

Some people think croquet mallets are the perfect answer

WASHINGTON – When Joseph Michalski was a boy out goose-hunting with his uncles in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, he was always fascinated — not with the sport, but with the federal duck stamps that waterfowl hunters were required to buy

WASHINGTON – Fuel costs are soaring at a time when donations to fuel funds are declining, say advocates, who worry that some low-income residents may not be able to pay their heating bills this winter

WASHINGTON – Only a fraction of the 260,000 Maryland children who qualify for federally supported child care programs are getting the service, according to the U

WASHINGTON – More Maryland foster children are being adopted than ever before, but advocates say the need for adoptive families is also higher than ever

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s poverty rate is among the lowest in the nation and its median household income is one of the highest, the Census Bureau reported Thursday

WASHINGTON – The Senate is scheduled to take up a bill Wednesday that would cut social services funding to the states by $859 million next year, a cut that state officials warned could have a “direct impact on families in Maryland

WASHINGTON – Alexis Mack wanted to go to school in Dundalk, where she landed with her mother and sister last summer after they escaped an abusive situation in their home in New York

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WASHINGTON – Hurricane Floyd was still several hundred miles from Maryland Wednesday, but it was powerful enough to force the cancellation of Amtrak and MARC rail service in the state and foul up commuting and travel plans