Maryland

Democratic Gain in House of Delegates Comes to Six Seats

ANNAPOLIS – Four years ago, voters in Montgomery County’s District 39 sent four Republicans to the state legislature

High Court to Hear Local Case on Cops, Media Raid of Home

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear an appeal from a Montgomery County couple who sued police for bringing a newspaper reporter and photographer along on a raid of their home

Maryland High Court To Hear Child Abuse Case

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s Court of Appeals will hear arguments Monday on whether “inaction” is enough reason to convict in a child sexual abuse case

Lawyer for Death Row Inmate Asks Governor to Commute Sentence

ROCKVILLE – The lawyer for death row inmate Tyrone Delano Gilliam petitioned Maryland’s governor Friday to commute Gilliam’s sentence for the December 1988 murder of a female store clerk

Federal Government Promises to Clean Up Its Act Around Bay

WASHINGTON – The federal government will help in the cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay by taking better care of the 2