Maryland

Maryland Farms Produce More as Fields, Workforce Shrink

WASHINGTON Maryland farm sales rose to $1

Environmentalists Criticize Maryland Mercury Warnings

BALTIMORE – Maryland ranks near the bottom of 46 states surveyed for inadequate warnings of mercury contamination in fish, according to a report released Wednesday by two non-profit environmental groups

Carroll Lawmakers to Ask for $28.5 million

ANNAPOLIS – Carroll County lawmakers voted Tuesday night to ask the Maryland Assembly for $28

Maryland Firm Targeted in National Credit Scam Crackdown

WASHINGTON – Federal officials announced a crackdown on 43 businesses – including one in Maryland – that offer to clean up bad credit histories by helping people get taxpayer ID numbers that can be used as fake Social Security numbers

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