Maryland

Montgomery County Leads State in Gifts to Clinton Legal Defense

WASHINGTON – Maryland residents gave more than $111,000 last year to help pay the president and first lady’s legal bills, the ninth-largest total from any state, according to data released by the Clinton Legal Expense Trust

Small Town Lands in Big League of Clinton Donors Thanks to Wealthy Brothers

WASHINGTON – The tiny town of Oxford ranked second only to Bethesda in the amount residents sent to the Clinton Legal Expense Trust last year, thanks to a pair of $10,000 contributions from brothers Thomas and Edmund Stanley

One in Three Maryland Fourth-Graders Have Below-Basic Reading Skills

WASHINGTON – Just 29 percent of Maryland fourth-graders scored at the “proficient” level on a national reading test in 1998, according to a report released Thursday by the U

“Monica’s Story” Draws More Venom than Buyers

ANNAPOLIS Publishers hoped that former White House intern and presidential paramour Monica Lewinsky’s chat with Barbara Walters Wednesday night would send readers running to the bookstores, but “Monica’s Story” brought out more venom than buyers in Maryland Thursday

Doctors Say Complex Medicare Rules, Government, Have Them ‘Under Siege’

TOWSON – Doctors who turned out for a seminar on how to stay within the bounds of health care fraud laws instead buffeted a federal prosecutor this week with complaints that ever-changing regulations have put them “under siege

Gilchrest Hopeful Funds Can Be Found to Eliminate ‘Monster’ Nutria

WASHINGTON – President Clinton’s fiscal 2000 budget does not include funding for a program to eradicate nutria, beaver-sized rodents that are destroying “some of the most important wetlands in this country

Legislator Seeks Special Plates for DWI Offenders

ANNAPOLIS Convicted DWI offenders soon could be wearing their own sort of “scarlet letter” to mark their misdeeds, if a Maryland legislator has his way

Kaiser Denies Claims, Bromwell Skeptical

ANNAPOLIS Kaiser Permanente is denying allegations that it plans to set up a private emergency system in Maryland that would compete with the state’s own 9-1-1 service, but Maryland lawmakers have their doubts about the company’s assurances

Maryland Seniors Wait Months for Scarce Home-Care Services

WASHINGTON – The number of beds in assisted-living facilities in Maryland will double in the next 10 to 15 years as the state’s population ages, Maryland officials told the Senate Subcommittee on Aging Wednesday