Maryland

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

High Court Orders Sex Offender’s Lawyer To Turn Over Documents

ANNAPOLIS – An attorney for Ronald Price, the former Anne Arundel school teacher convicted of having sex with his students, has been ordered to turn over documents to the Attorney Grievance Commission

Short, Sweet Career Winds Down for Larry Young’s Replacement

ANNAPOLIS – When he was picked to succeed ousted Baltimore Sen

New Tax Forms Bring Headaches to Taxpayers, Business to CPAs

ANNAPOLIS – Changes in federal tax laws on capital gains have brought headaches to taxpayers and business to accountants, who have seen frustrated customers wander in with forms they can no longer decipher

Historic Montgomery Home, Farm, Slated for Rescue from Elements

BOYDS – Gaze at the historic Joseph White House, a jewel of formal Georgian architecture in rural Montgomery County, and one word comes to mind