Maryland

Bill to Attack Nutria in Maryland Gets Preliminary OK

WASHINGTON – A House subcommittee gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill that would give Maryland $2

Cumberland Airport Bill Takes Backseat to Clinton Scandal

WASHINGTON – A proposed $10 million loan to the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport took a backseat to the Clinton scandal on Capitol Hill Thursday

Universities to See Improvements in Athletic Fields, Labs

BALTIMORE – The University of Maryland, College Park, will receive $36 million to modernize the Stamp Student Union – if the Board of Regents approves a recommendation from its Finance Committee to sell $42 million in bonds for this and other projects

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ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals Thursday reversed the demotion of a Somerset County correctional officer who made lewd jokes and touched a female student while teaching a CPR class for police recruits

Maryland Lottery Uses Real Winners in TV Spots Promoting Games

ANNAPOLIS – Bob Janus wandered into the Greenbelt Variety store in July in search of a newspaper

Medical Institute Gives Science Research Grants to UMCP, Hopkins

ANNAPOLIS – Sara Brooks, a 20-year-old senior at the University of Maryland, College Park, was planning on working a retail job this summer

Court Upholds Mandatory Sentence for Three-Time Criminal

A federal appeals court has upheld the mandatory minimum 15- year sentence handed to a three-time criminal, rejecting his claim that only two of his prior convictions should have counted against him

Annapolis Lunch Crowd Generally Behind President Clinton

ANNAPOLIS – As Congress prepared Friday to release Kenneth Starr’s report outlining grounds for impeaching President Clinton, the lunch crowd here in Maryland’s capital was taking a more tolerant view of his actions

Census Undercount Costs Maryland Millions, Counties Fight Back

WASHINGTON – The Census Bureau admits that it missed more than 100,000 Marylanders in the 1990 census, an error that state officials say has cost more than $100 million a year in lost federal funding