ANNAPOLIS – After dozens of hearing hours, none of the 19 tobacco bills introduced in 1996 passed the General Assembly

ANNAPOLIS – The House Economic Matters Committee gave unanimous approval Thursday to two bills to impose regulations on health insurance companies

ANNAPOLIS – The sponsor of a law that set up the Maryland Task Force to Study Health Professional-Client Sexual Exploitation has pledged that its report will not be left to gather dust in the state archives

Active with a support group for victims of sexual abuse by health professionals, Linda Herlehy and Sherry Russell were busy healing themselves

BALTIMORE – In his charge are 1,277 students and 1,106 faculty

ANNAPOLIS – In a 6-1 ruling, the Maryland Court of Appeals Wednesday upheld the admissibility of DNA evidence and the statistical measures used in the science of matching criminals with crime scenes

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Senate gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill requiring health insurance carriers to disclose information about their plans and operating practices to consumers, employers and doctors

ANNAPOLIS – Elizabeth Bellavance stayed seated for five hours Thursday to spend three minutes asking a House committee to support several bills to discourage children from smoking

BALTIMORE – Arden Baughman has become incapacitated over the last 14 years due to an autoimmune disease called peripheral neuropathy

ANNAPOLIS – Supporters of a bill to force health insurers to cover nicotine patches said Wednesday that many Marylanders cannot afford the most effective weapon against nicotine addiction