Maryland

DENTON – Charles Lohmeyer stands in a sea of more than 100,000 pink, purple and yellow begonias, impatiens and marigolds

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland Senate leaders called on parliamentary maneuvers to bring a stripped down version of Gov

ANNAPOLIS – If its leaders have their way, the General Assembly could overturn a recent Maryland Court of Appeals ruling barring health maintenance organizations from recovering money from patients who have received personal injury settlements

ANNAPOLIS – Although legislators continue to spar over tobacco settlement spending and state aid to private schools, Maryland’s 2001 budget moved a step closer to passage Thursday with the House of Delegates approval of a $19

WASHINGTON – Calvert Cliffs became the first nuclear power plant in the nation to win renewed operating licenses for its reactors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday

WASHINGTON – The Census Bureau has tested only one-third of the applicants it hopes to get as enumerators in Baltimore, a job that has been called critical to the state securing its share of federal funds over the next decade

WASHINGTON- House Republicans unveiled a plan to allocate $100 million to states that enact mandatory prison sentences for gun crimes, but Maryland might not qualify for the bounty, supporters of the tougher sentences said

ANNAPOLIS – Despite the early demise of one bill in the Maryland legislature this year, seniors may still get a break on what they pay to register their cars

ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates Wednesday passed a bill that could save Marylanders without bank accounts a little money when they go elsewhere to cash checks

WASHINGTON – Maryland teens drank less alcohol in 1998 than their 1988 peers did, but they smoked more, according to a survey prepared for the state Department of Education