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WASHINGTON – Maryland’s working poor face one of the lightest income tax burdens in the nation, according to a report scheduled to be released Thursday

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ANNAPOLIS Environmentalists and proponents of air pollution control are facing off against petroleum industry representatives over proposed legislation to reduce sulfur in gasoline in Maryland

ANNAPOLIS A bill to broaden police powers to seize guns from domestic abusers came under fire in the General Assembly last week

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ANNAPOLIS A dozen Maryland legislators accused a Baltimore Catholic weekly newspaper of fueling violence and extremism after it published an editorial cartoon depicting abortion rights legislators boiling in a pot

ANNAPOLIS Prompted by constituent complaints about managed care and the rising number of Marylanders without health insurance, two lawmakers have introduced legislation to design a universal health care plan for the state

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WASHINGTON – The House Tuesday passed a bill that would let Amish teen- agers work in sawmill and carpentry jobs, an exception to child labor laws that opponents said could endanger children

WASHINGTON – Maryland police and environmental officials took 87 trash trucks off the road this month, 13 percent of the total that they stopped as part of a nine- state crackdown