Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Appeals Thursday reaffirmed its position that accused child abusers are entitled to “full contested” hearings before their names are added to a state registry

ANNAPOLIS – A bill to let dairy farmers set minimum wholesale milk prices passed a crucial vote Thursday in the Senate, which voted 26-20 for the plan that opponents say will gouge consumers

ANNAPOLIS – A conference committee Wednesday rejected a House proposal to limit state-funded abortions for new Medicaid recipients under a bill that expands the number of eligible Marylanders

ANNAPOLIS – Supporters are bracing for a tough fight Thursday over a bill that would let Maryland dairy farmers set minimum wholesale milk prices, a plan that opponents said could cost consumers $70 million a year

ANNAPOLIS – Two Howard County children who won a $2

ANNAPOLIS – The House rejected a plan Wednesday that would have had the state pay for extraordinary costs of Prince George’s County school construction, putting the settlement of a desegregation lawsuit against the county in jeopardy

ANNAPOLIS – A bill that would let Maryland dairy farmers set a minimum price for milk could be revived Wednesday by the same Senate committee that appeared to have killed it last month

ANNAPOLIS – House leaders are threatening to kill a last- minute Senate proposal that would set a timetable for electric utility deregulation in Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – Marylanders of mixed ancestry may no longer have to mark “other” or settle for just one racial category when filling out state forms

ANNAPOLIS – Prince George’s County Executive Wayne Curry made a personal appeal Tuesday for a generous state funding formula that would let the county build 16 new schools and get out from under a court’s desegregation order