Prince George’s, Montgomery Join Forces During 1997 Session

ANNAPOLIS – After a three-month argument over $254 million in aid to Baltimore schools, legislators from Maryland’s D

Court Says Montgomery Fire Department Can Expel Lifetime Member

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals Tuesday upheld the 1994 expulsion of a former president and lifetime member of a Montgomery County volunteer fire department

Sixties Senator Brings New Ideas, Personal Flair to Politics

ANNAPOLIS – The words “People Before Profit,” written in graceful script, float across state Sen

Baltimore School Deal Gets Nod from Senate Committees

ANNAPOLIS – After two committees excluded other localities from the Senate version of the Baltimore school settlement Wednesday night, the question remains whether the House will follow their lead or try to provide education money for the entire state

Amateur Star Gazers Gather To Watch Newly Discovered Comet

ANNAPOLIS – Hale-Bopp has proven the brightest comet to pass through the inner solar system since modern telescopes were invented

Women’s Caucus Gains Respect, Influence Over 25 Years

ANNAPOLIS – The women of Maryland’s General Assembly have come a long way in a quarter century

Jobs Are Key to General Assembly’s ’97 Welfare Efforts

ANNAPOLIS – With new federal welfare laws in effect, Maryland’s Legislature now faces the responsibility of moving welfare recipients into jobs before they are pushed from the rolls

Court Asked To Rethink Parents’ Responsibility In Son’s Crash

ANNAPOLIS – A lawyer has asked the Maryland Court of Appeals to reconsider its decision not to hold parents responsible for their adult son’s accident in a car they gave him

Court Rules Parents Not Responsible for Adult Son’s Accident

ANNAPOLIS – Although they gave him the car, the parents of an adult son who swerved into oncoming traffic and crashed into another driver cannot be held accountable for the accident, the Maryland Court of Appeals said in a unanimous ruling Friday