Maryland

Grant Keeps Mobile Medical Care Rolling

ANNAPOLIS Mobile Medical Care Inc

Women’s Caucus Chooses Legislative Focus

ANNAPOLIS The Women Legislators of Maryland will focus this legislative session on issues such as substance abuse and treatment, women and children’s health, gender bias, domestic violence and economic empowerment

Talented Teacher Labeled “Provisional” Despite Qualifications

COLUMBIA – Josh Cramer starts his second-period class by pulling out a single pink long-stemmed rose

Push to Drop `Provisional’ Teachers Could Leave State Short

WASHINGTON – President Clinton wants them gone within five years

Anti-Abortion Internet Site Turns Focus on Maryland Doctors

WASHINGTON – Abortion-rights supporters in Maryland had little time last week to celebrate a $107 million Oregon verdict against an anti-abortion web site that has now turned its focus on doctors here

Infrequent Hospice Inspections Miss Disturbing Problems

ANNAPOLIS State inspectors visiting hospice programs have uncovered long-standing and serious problems that the current 10-year inspection cycle allows to continue for too long, the licensing director of the state health department told the General Assembly this week

Legislators, Retailers Seek Tax-Free Week

ANNAPOLIS- Back-to-school clothes may be five percent cheaper next year if some legislators win General Assembly approval for a bill creating a sales tax-free week in Maryland

White House Wants to Attach Strings to State Tobacco Settlement Funds

WASHINGTON – The White House will not relinquish its claim to a portion of the states’ $246 billion tobacco settlement unless the states agree to use the money for public health and anti-smoking programs

Scientists Fear Japanese Snail Could Hit Bay’s Oyster Industry

WASHINGTON – A predatory snail that was discovered in the lower Chesapeake Bay last year might cause trouble for the oyster and hard-shell clam industry in Maryland, some marine officials said