Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – A dozen Maryland high schools ranked among Newsweek magazine’s top public secondary schools in the country based on the size of their rigorous academic programs

WASHINGTON – An effort to revive plans for a tunnel to replace the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge was shot down Wednesday by project officials who favor moving ahead with a 12-lane bridge approved three years ago

WASHINGTON – Political observers agree that the Maryland Republican Party’s experiment with an open primary had little effect on Tuesday’s election

WASHINGTON – Maryland police had a fiery reaction to a new university study that suggests some homicide cases are going unsolved because officers do not follow basic practices and procedures

ANNAPOLIS – The General Assembly is trying to abolish the Board of Public Work’s oversight of top administrators’ salaries, and the board is not pleased

ANNAPOLIS – Marylanders holding a state driver’s license or identification card could be called for jury duty next year under a bill passed Tuesday by the Maryland General Assembly

ROCKVILLE – Staffers formally recommended to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday that the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant be relicensed, making it the first plant in the nation to achieve that status

WASHINGTON – Verna Day-Jones is a 75-year-old newlywed, great-grandmother, amateur actress and community activist, and she is concerned about her future

WASHINGTON – In the midst of the presidential primaries, the voters of tomorrow are not being prepared to become informed voters and active citizens, say national advocates of civics education

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers and government workers rallied on the steps of the Capitol last week, demanding stricter regulation of federal contractors who they said are wasting money