ANNAPOLIS A bill to require Maryland insurers and managed care companies to pay for annual chlamydia screenings for their high-risk members is a step closer to becoming law
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Airline Passengers Say Price Beats Time
ANNAPOLIS Viki Baxter waited at Baltimore/Washington International Airport for a flight to Atlanta she knew would get her home later than scheduled, but she had no choice
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