Maryland

WASHINGTON – Rural residents in Maryland are more than twice as likely to be killed in a car accident as the state’s urban dwellers, according to an analysis of 1997 fatal crash data

ANNAPOLIS A Senate Finance Committee hearing Friday was packed with supporters of a bill to require all newborns in Maryland hospitals have a hearing test before they are discharged

WASHINGTON – A Hagerstown businesswoman said Thursday that the federal estate tax “steals a lifetime of work” from small business owners and family farmers

ANNAPOLIS There was some snickering in the General Assembly when Delegate Rushern L

ANNAPOLIS – Two hog farmers in Frederick and Carroll counties face stiff opposition from environmentalists and local residents who don’t want odors and pollution in their back yards

ANNAPOLIS- Maryland’s second most powerful court last week settled a bitter dispute in which a fourth-grade teacher jumped into a parking space to win a spot then was injured by another car vying for the same space

WASHINGTON – Maryland is one of a handful of states taking steps to track and combat the growing threat posed by drug-resistant bacteria, the state’s epidemiologist told a congressional subcommittee Thursday

ANNAPOLIS – Neighbors call the hog farm a health hazard

COLLEGE PARK – A handful of reporters and one researcher showed up at National Archives II Thursday to peruse previously classified segments of tape that were used as impeachment evidence against President Nixon

ANNAPOLIS – Successful welfare reform is directly tied to adequate public transportation, experts say