Presidential Tax Plans Could Benefit Wealthy Maryland in Different Ways

WASHINGTON – Democrats and Republicans have their own ideas on which presidential nominee’s tax-cut plan will most benefit Maryland

Woolly Bears Predict a Woolly Winter for Mid-Atlantic Region

WASHINGTON – Bundle up, Maryland

GOP Challenger’s “Yucky” Tactics Draw Voter Attention, If Not Voters, in 4th

WASHINGTON – Takoma Park resident Lekha Subbaya says John Kimble’s race-baiting, mud-slinging campaign for the 4th District seat in Congress is “yucky

Kondner Fights Personal Tragedy and Odds — Again — in Bid to Beat Cummings

WASHINGTON – Kenneth Kondner said his brother’s murder in August and his own surgery in April gave him first-hand experience with two issues, crime and health care, that are his “main weapon” in his bid for Congress from Maryland’s 7th District

National Exposure for 4th District Brings High Attention to Low Campaigning

WASHINGTON – One political observer described the 4th District congressional race as “a circus marked by crude mudslinging” — and that was before challenger John Kimble offered $5,000 for information that puts his opponent in jail

State Claims Credit for Medicaid Enrollment Boom, Experts Aren’t So Sure

WASHINGTON – A new study says Maryland’s Medicaid program had the fifth- fastest growth in the nation from June 1997 to December 1999, a gain that state officials hailed as evidence of their “aggressive steps” to reach out to the public

Ground Broken for Massive FDA Complex at Former White Oak Military Facility

WASHINGTON- Lawmakers and government officials broke ground Tuesday on a $586 million Food and Drug Administration complex that could ultimately bring more than 6,200 government workers to the site of a former military base in Montgomery County

Eight Maryland Teens Come to Capitol Hill to Rally Against Underage Drinking

WASHINGTON-It’s been 3 years since La’tina Taylor’s cousin was knocked down and killed by a car

Advocates Question State Rush to Expand Child Health Insurance Program

WASHINGTON – A federal decision to release Medicaid funding to Maryland should help the state expand its children’s health insurance program to include families that earn up to 300 percent of the poverty level, state officials said

Report: State Does Little to Include Faith-Based Groups in Social Services

WASHINGTON – Maryland is one of 38 states that have failed to reach out to churches and religious groups to help deliver social services, as was advocated by a 1996 federal law, according to a new report