Maryland

DOT Studying High Occupancy Toll Lanes

ANNAPOLIS Drivers who want to speed past traffic on Maryland roadways might soon get the chance, but itll cost them

Transgender Lawyer Moves Lawmakers on Discrimination Bill

ANNAPOLIS- Face scowling and hurling contrary questions, Delegate Emmett C

State Connects Grandparents to Resources for Child-rearing

ANNAPOLIS – As the state turns more and more to grandparents to shoulder the responsibility of raising their grandchildren, the grandparents are turning to the state and other caregivers for some guidance on how to do it

Warmer-Than-Normal Spring to Follow Warmer-Than-Normal Winter

WASHINGTON – This spring will be warmer than usual, forecasters say, and comes on the heels of a winter that will go down as the 10th-warmest on record for the region

Number of Home-Schooled Students Skyrockets in State

WASHINGTON – The number of students taught at home in Maryland rose almost 500 percent this decade, growing from 2,296 home-schooled students in the 1990- 91 school year to 13,665 in 1997-98

Maryland Parents Home School for Many Reasons

WASHINGTON – Bill and Nancy Greer of Pasadena both gave up full-time jobs to home school their two children

Tobacco Tax Opponents Say Cigarette Retailers Could Cut Workers

ANNAPOLIS – As many as 18 percent of jobs at Maryland businesses selling tobacco products could be lost if Gov

Silver Spring Program Cited for Successful Juvenile Crime Prevention

WASHINGTON – When kids from the Carroll Avenue and Quebec Terrace Apartments saw that tension was building between warring gangs six months ago, they could have turned on each other

Tobacco Tax Survives Changes in House

ANNAPOLIS — Gov

Breakfast Bill Gains Support

ANNAPOLIS Documented links between good nutrition and learning have fueled support to expand a successful in- classroom breakfast pilot program in Maryland