WASHINGTON – A Maryland-based labor union that represents machinists and airline workers is one of the nation’s biggest spenders on federal elections, according to government reports

WASHINGTON – Several Eastern Shore poultry farms are opening their doors to federal scientists as part of a nationwide study launched this month to find out the origin of bacteria in chickens

WASHINGTON – Commercial striped bass harvests jumped 77 percent last year in the Chesapeake Bay area, the largest increase since Maryland lifted its rockfish moratorium in 1989, the federal government reported

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday let stand the conviction of Vernon Lee Evans, a Maryland man sentenced to death in the 1983 murder-for-hire slayings of two Pikesville hotel workers

WASHINGTON – A Glendening administration official is poised to announce a bid to challenge Republican Rep

WASHINGTON – A new Clinton administration plan will ensure cleaner air in Maryland by requiring the state and 21 others to reduce their smog-causing emissions by one third, officials said Friday

WASHINGTON – A veteran river watcher told Congress on Thursday the answer to solving the region’s Pfiesteria crisis is simple: Clean up the water

WASHINGTON – The House approved $3 million Wednesday to fight Pfiesteria – the third and latest federal effort to secure money to combat the fish-killing microbe

The shortnose sturgeon, which have prowled the depths of the Chesapeake Bay since dinosaurs roamed the earth, have been on the verge of extinction for 30 years

WASHINGTON – Congress approved millions of dollars to restore vital environmental spots in Maryland, including Ocean City, the Anacostia River and the Chesapeake Bay’s Poplar Island