Maryland

Patients’ Bill of Rights Leads Managed Care Reform This Session

ANNAPOLIS It’s the type of story Delegate Kumar Barve, D-Montgomery, has heard before:

A baby boy from Gaithersburg needs a blood transfusion twice a day to stay alive

Appeals Court Gives PG Man Go-ahead in Racial Harassment Suit

WASHINGTON – A Prince George’s County black man can sue his former employer for “forced termination” after a company supervisor reportedly used racial slurs and compared the man to a “dumb monkey,” a federal appeals court said

New York Holds up Tobacco Checks

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland could be $54 million richer right now if New York and other populous states would pick up the pace in approving their tobacco settlement deals

Airman’s Story Inspires Senator to Sponsor Vets’ Bill

ANNAPOLIS Jim Walker was an African-American pilot from South Carolina during World War II

Bill Would Clamp Down on Maryland Breeders of Fighting Cocks

WASHINGTON – A Senate proposal to ban interstate transport of birds for cockfights could be felt in Maryland, where the birds are still bred even though cockfighting is outlawed

Statewide Highway Program Alleviates Traffic Problems

ANNAPOLIS A car runs out of gas on the Capital Beltway, stalling in the middle lane at 8 a

Morgan State Studies Business With an Urban Outlook

BALTIMORE – The business students at Morgan State University started class by discussing a textbook marketing case — should an Indonesian coffee company enter the U

UMES pushes Assateague Ecology Project

ANNAPOLIS The president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore urged the Eastern Shore delegation today to support funding for a proposed coastal teaching and research laboratory on Assateague Island

Governor’s Race Brought National Funds Flowing into Maryland

WASHINGTON – National party committees poured a total of $461,252 into Maryland in the last election cycle because of the “very high-profile governor’s race” here, officials said

FCC Defends Role in Study Sidebar

WASHINGTON – Critics of the Federal Communications Commission report on discriminatory advertising practices said the agency had no business commissioning the study and has no power to enforce its findings