Maryland

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

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

WASHINGTON Maryland farm sales rose to $1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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