Maryland

WASHINGTON – Hurricane Floyd was still several hundred miles from Maryland Wednesday, but it was powerful enough to force the cancellation of Amtrak and MARC rail service in the state and foul up commuting and travel plans

WASHINGTON – A Senate subcommittee Wednesday restored more than $267 million for the Goddard Space Flight Center, reversing a House cut that could have threatened 1,500 jobs at the Maryland center

WASHINGTON – Two of Maryland’s Republican representatives joined their Democratic counterparts this week and voted for a campaign finance reform bill that would eliminate “soft money

ANNAPOLIS – When consumers put their hard-earned cash on the table they expect a good product or service

WASHINGTON – Maryland can afford to wait for more information about Site 104 and the environmental impact the projected dredge disposal site may have on the Chesapeake Bay, several members of the state’s congressional delegation said Tuesday

ANNAPOLIS – A deluge from Hurricane Floyd probably isn’t going to do it: Maryland needs a cold, wet winter to offset the drought’s effects, but meteorologists disagree about whether the coming months will deliver

WASHINGTON – A bill passed by the House Thursday that cuts funding to NASA by nearly $1 billion, including $267 million from the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, will not become law, Rep

ANNAPOLIS – It’s a tough assignment: slog through the politics, scandals and hit a tight deadline, but a new legislative panel is wading right into the tangle that is Maryland’s lobbying law

WASHINGTON – Fall colors will arrive earlier and be less brilliant than normal this autumn because of the strain put on trees by this summer’s drought, tree specialists say

WASHINGTON- School uniforms have been popular in Maryland since at least 1987, and the dozen years since have seen only an increase in that trend