Maryland

Social Security May Use Field Offices To Capture Fugitives

WASHINGTON – The Social Security Administration wants to do more than cut off benefits to felons — it wants to help arrest them

Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Maryland Clean Water Failures

Maryland has failed to properly monitor the quality of the state’s lakes, rivers, and bays, said three environmental groups in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday

Environmentalists, Industry Have Doubts on Utility Deregulation

ANNAPOLIS – The proposed deregulation of Maryland’s electricity industry could have a devastating effect on environmental quality, a coalition of state environmental activists is telling state government

Officials Want Water Control Taken Away from District

WASHINGTON – Suburban officials said Wednesday they remain concerned about the District’s control of the D

Howard County Helps Baltimore with Minority Adoptions

WASHINGTON – Howard County officials hope to place 100 black kids from Baltimore in new homes in the wealthier suburban enclave, under a new program aimed at easing the city’s crushing adoption caseload

Md. Appeals Court Overturns Death Sentence for Cop Killer

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Appeals Wednesday overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a Maryland state trooper because of procedural errors made by the Talbot County Circuit Court during sentencing

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WASHINGTON – At age 71, Rep

National Museum of Dentistry Has Reason To Smile

BALTIMORE – Hear the phrase “National Museum of Dentistry” and the image that leaps to mind is probably of a small, rather pathetic roadside attraction with maybe two rooms and five part- time employees

Maryland Middle-Schoolers To Be Anti-Tobacco Activists

WASHINGTON – Maryland middle school students will be targeted to become anti-tobacco activists under a classroom program being developed by an arm of the nation’s largest teachers union

High Court Refuses To Hear Case Of Maryland Death Row Inmate

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday let stand the conviction of Vernon Lee Evans, a Maryland man sentenced to death in the 1983 murder-for-hire slayings of two Pikesville hotel workers