Maryland

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

Lone Woman Toughs Out Prison Boot Camp With Hundreds of Men

JESSUP – Officially, the Herman L

Tobacco Tax Talks May Take Assembly Past Scheduled Sine Die

ANNAPOLIS – Some lawmakers are predicting a rare extension of the 90-day General Assembly session as opponents used delaying tactics in the Senate to prevent a final vote on a 36-cent tobacco tax increase

Maryland, Delaware Rank Near Bottom on IRS Audits of Wealthy Taxpayers

WASHINGTON – Taxpayers who reported more than $100,000 in income are less likely to be audited in Maryland and Delaware than almost anywhere else in the nation

Maryland’s Congressional Offices Are Fielding Few Comments on Kosovo

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s members of Congress say they are receiving only a handful of calls each day on Kosovo, most of them against U

Maryland Auto Thefts Down

ANNAPOLIS – There’s good news for Maryland drivers: automobile theft is declining in almost every county