Maryland

Telecommuting Makes Life Easier for Waynesboro Mom

ANNAPOLIS – Maryann Killian can help her son get ready for school in the morning

Telecommuting Centers Scramble As Funding Deadline Nears

ANNAPOLIS – Telework centers that have shortened the commute for hundreds of Maryland workers will begin losing their federal subsidies this year, sending the centers scrambling for funds to survive

Bill Would Cut Benefits to Intoxicated Workers

ANNAPOLIS – A proposal to deny workers’ compensation to employees who were drunk or on drugs when they were hurt on the job was attacked Thursday as “an attempt to deny benefits to workers in Maryland

Proposal to Fingerprint Welfare Recipients Raises Eyebrows

ANNAPOLIS – A Maryland lawmaker who wants to fingerprint welfare recipients said the program could ultimately save the state $15 million a year in welfare fraud

Bill Aims to Rein in Bounty Hunters

ANNAPOLIS – Bounty hunter Steven Engelman has retrieved bail jumpers accused of everything from theft to murder, but he said he has never had to use his gun to bring his man in

Woman Unwillingly Bequeaths Estate to Brother

ANNAPOLIS – About the only thing Margaret Binco’s four wills had in common was that none listed her brother as a beneficiary

Farmers Descend on Annapolis for First Pfiesteria Hearing

ANNAPOLIS – Paul Miller Jr

Centuries-Old Adultery Law Will Not be Tinkered With

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s centuries-old adultery law appears to be safe for now, as lawmakers have passed on a proposal to modernize it

High court gives stamp of approval to helmet law

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a law requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets, saying the state’s failure to publish a list of approved helmets does not invalidate the law