Maryland

WASHINGTON – The Greater Cumberland Regional Airport took a step closer Friday to approval of a $10 million loan that airport officials say they desperately need for expansion

WASHINGTON – The federal government began to release $40 billion worth of newly redesigned $20 bills Thursday on what appeared to be a largely unsuspecting public

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency imposed new smog limits Thursday that will likely mean a crackdown on nitrogen oxide emissions from Maryland’s smokestack industries

ANNAPOLIS – The Board of Public Works moved this week to bring another auto processing plant to the Port of Baltimore despite concerns raised by spokesmen from plants already in the port

ANNAPOLIS – Electronic chalkboards

ANNAPOLIS – A proposed crackdown on pit-bull ownership in Maryland’s capital is drawing criticism for its attempt to bar young adults from owning the dog and for singling out one breed for the restrictions

WASHINGTON – Maryland has the third-highest household income in the nation but it also has a significant number of people living in poverty, according to reports released Thursday by the Census Bureau

ANNAPOLIS – Less than three weeks after its much ballyhooed unveiling, Maryland’s millennium countdown clock isn’t counting as state officials decide on a new location for the modern- looking time keeper

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland is expected to receive additional federal funds for highway and transit improvements over the next five years thanks to a measure passed by Congress in June, a state highway official told a legislative panel Tuesday

ANNAPOLIS – Former Vice President Dan Quayle this week joined a growing chorus of Republicans calling for President Clinton to resign