Maryland

WASHINGTON – Anne Arundel County Police Detective Bob Fuecker told a Senate panel Tuesday the county has investigated 53 cases of elderly abuse in the last four years

ANNAPOLIS — The Senate Finance Committee may have thought it was in the clear Friday when it passed a bill opening Maryland’s electric market to competition, but Maryland’s Secretary of the Environment said Monday that the Senate bill falls short on protecting air and water quality

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WASHINGTON – A Maryland health official said limited resources and unclear federal direction are largely to blame for General Accounting Office findings that the state drags its feet when investigating poor nursing home care

ANNAPOLIS – Creation of a new Cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs needs only a final OK from Governor Parris N

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ANNAPOLIS – Large-scale DWI reform seems dead for the year, with the rejection in the House of several bills targeting drunken drivers, including two to lower the blood alcohol level at which drivers are considered intoxicated

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal from a Frederick woman who claimed her father was the victim of negligent medical care and “patient dumping” by Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring

ANNAPOLIS – Sighing, Claudia Dock pointed to a magazine picture of a grandmother hugging her granddaughter

WASHINGTON – Rural counties grew by 14 percent from 1990-98, more than double the growth rate of the state’s bigger counties, according to new Census Bureau figures