Maryland

Appeals Court Orders Maryland Ambulance Company to Recognize Union

A federal appeals court has upheld a union vote and ordered a Maryland ambulance company to begin bargaining with the Teamsters local that was elected to represent workers at the company in 1997

Study Confirms What Working Poor Know: Maryland’s a Costly State

WASHINGTON – While Congress struggles with a proposal to raise the minimum wage, thousands of Maryland workers continue to wrestle with the area’s high cost of living

Texas Shooting Has Churches Asking if They Must Be A Mighty Fortress

ROCKVILLE – Music and laughter filled the chapel at Redland Baptist Church as a rambunctious group of teen-agers in jeans and sneakers gathered Wednesday for PreFix, the church’s weekly youth night

Maryland Woman At Head of `Million Mom March’ for Gun Control

WASHINGTON – Rosemary McLain is looking for a few good moms — 999,999 of them

State Teachers, Schoolkids, Rally for Federal Help for Homeless Students

WASHINGTON – Alexis Mack wanted to go to school in Dundalk, where she landed with her mother and sister last summer after they escaped an abusive situation in their home in New York

State Educator Says Teachers Need Training to Make Technology Work

WASHINGTON – Computers in classrooms are not enough if teachers are not properly trained to use them, a Montgomery County school official told a congressional subcommittee Wednesday

EPA Says Tipton Airport Cleanup Complete, `Superfund’ Status Should End

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to remove Tipton Airport from the “Superfund” cleanup list, a step that Anne Arundel County officials say is crucial to their operation of the airfield

Report Shows Which Maryland HMOs Are Making the Grade

ANNAPOLIS – Fewer than half of Marylanders enrolled in the state’s largest health maintenance organizations said they always got care quickly when they needed it, according to a state report card issued Tuesday

Maryland, Delaware Beaches Stand Firm in Face of Floyd

WASHINGTON – Maryland and Delaware beaches survived Hurricane Floyd with little damage and no increase in erosion, local officials and residents said Tuesday

Appeals Court Rejects Request for Tripp Grand Jury Information

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s highest court Tuesday overturned a lower court’s order that would have forced the state prosecutor to reveal details of his probe of Linda Tripp to an independent legal group