ANNAPOLIS – Carroll County lawmakers said Tuesday that the needs of the fast-growing county were largely ignored in an otherwise productive legislative session
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Montgomery Lawmakers Carry Home Heavy Load of State Money
ANNAPOLIS – House Speaker Casper Taylor promised Montgomery County lawmakers in January they would carry home so much state funding this year they would get hernias
PG Officials Hail Legislative Wins, Gloss Over Losses
ANNAPOLIS – Prince George’s County officials hurried Tuesday to put a happy face on the school construction proposal they had repudiated less than a week earlier
Appeals Court Overturns Conviction of Man Tried in Prison Garb
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Appeals overturned assault and other convictions against a Charles County man who said he was forced to testify at his trial in his prison-issued orange jumpsuit
Pfiesteria Overshadowed Good Session for Shore Lawmakers
ANNAPOLIS – Eastern Shore legislators said they ended this session of the General Assembly with a lot of funding they wanted and a lot of new farming regulations they didn’t
Western Maryland Lawmakers Hail Productive Legislative Session
ANNAPOLIS – Western Maryland lawmakers called the just-ended legislative session “a bang-up year” that included improved health care for the poor, a 5 percent income tax cut and passage of a bill to help state dairy farmers
Dairy Compact Still Faces Hurdles Before Impact Will Be Felt
ANNAPOLIS – The Senate gave final approval Friday to a bill to let Maryland join the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact and Gov
Program Gives Teens a Dose of Reality on Drugs and Drinking
EASTON – The three teens had already planned their own funerals, picked out caskets and written in detail about life as a paraplegic when they were told to snap on rubber gloves because they were going to clean up a corpse on a recent Friday night
Police Were Not Wrong to Bring Media on Home Raid, Court Says
ANNAPOLIS – A divided federal appeals court said U
Help is Still Available for Last-Minute Tax Filers
ANNAPOLIS – State and federal officials have a message for those who have not filed tax returns yet