Maryland

State’s Share of Tobacco Settlement Shrinking

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland could wind up with $386

Lawmakers Aim to Make Harassment by E-Mail a Felony

ANNAPOLIS – For more than two decades it has been a crime in Maryland to harass someone over the telephone

Bill Targets `Social Promotion’ of Unprepared Students

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland schools need strict standards for passing students up a grade instead of using promotions “as a means of getting them out of the way,” a lawmaker argued Tuesday

Couple Fights Murderer for Custody of His Kids

ANNAPOLIS – Charles Hicks stabbed his wife, Nancy Klotz, 34 times while their 2-year-old son watched in their South Baltimore home in 1996

Conviction for Baltimore Shooting Spree Upheld

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals on Tuesday upheld the attempted-murder conviction of a Baltimore man who opened fire on three men whose double-parked car was blocking his way

Health Department Collects $18 Million More Than Needed in Fees

ANNAPOLIS- The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene collected about $18 million more in fees from health-care practitioners than it needed to regulate them over the past two years

Shore Delegates Ready to Push Their Own Pfiesteria Plan

ANNAPOLIS – Eastern Shore lawmakers will unveil their own bill this week to fight pfiesteria, setting up a showdown with the Glendening administration over the toxic microbe

Maryland Democrats Put Brave Front on Lewinsky Fallout

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland Democrats insist that the latest White House sex scandal will not harm them in November, but they still appear defensive about the issue and anxious that Republicans will try to use it against them