Maryland

Shore Makes Out Well During Session, Members Say

ANNAPOLIS – The slow pace and grinding over issues during this year’s Maryland General Assembly had some Eastern Shore delegates and senators calling the legislative session “unusual” and “frustrating

Tax Break for Holocaust Victims Signed into Law

ANNAPOLIS – Backers of successful legislation to give Holocaust victims and their families a one-time tax break on recovered World War II assets celebrated the bill’s signing Tuesday with a moment of silence led by Gov

Southern Maryland Claims Victory for Farmers

ANNAPOLIS – Southern Maryland lawmakers are claiming victory for their farmers at the close of the 1999 General Assembly session – a victory they said was only made possible by tremendous legislative compromises

Tobacco Tax Leaves Cloud Over Western Maryland Delegation

ANNAPOLIS – The passing of a 30-cent tax on tobacco clouded an otherwise successful legislative session for the Western Maryland delegation, legislators said Tuesday

92-year-old remembers the days of being the first Senate page

ANNAPOLIS – It’s 1932, and Thomas Columbus Edwards, then 24, is called to the podium by Maryland Senate President Walter J

Health Professionals Battle for Patient Access

ANNAPOLIS – Doctors are battling to keep their title as primary care physicians, while specialists and nurse practitioners plead with state legislators to give them more direct access to managed care patients

Maryland Corporations Get the Once Over — Lightly — by IRS Auditors

WASHINGTON – Almost 13,000 Maryland and Delaware tax returns were audited in 1998, putting those taxpayers through the often stressful ordeal of meeting Internal Revenue Service auditors face-to-face

Hired Hands,1,019

LAUREL – Olivia Jackson’s hands recorded every day of the 45 years she worked

Counties Snap Up Teacher Funds, Even Though Hiring Teachers Is No Snap

WASHINGTON – While school officials welcome the $17

UM Official Says He Will Not Seek Re-election in Face of Lobbying Controversy

ANNAPOLIS-The chairman of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents announced Friday that he will not stand for re-election in July partly because of accusations that he used his relationship with Gov