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ANNAPOLIS – Despite a dire need for new schools, Prince George’s County leaders said last year that they could not accept more than $20 million from the state for school construction

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Senate will be asked to vote this week on a bill requiring that the 1845 Irish Potato Famine be taught in public schools

ANNAPOLIS – A federal appeals court has ruled that Takoma Park police did not violate a woman’s rights when they took her from her home and committed her to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation

ANNAPOLIS – Nearly one-fourth of schools in Prince George’s County reported a “critical” shortage of textbooks in a recent school administration survey of principals

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has upheld the murder conviction of a Prince George’s County man who said his confession should have been thrown out since he was on drugs when he made it

ANNAPOLIS – He was barely tall enough to see over the podium, but Harford County fifth grader Matthew Kosmer was still confident enough Wednesday to extol the virtues of his new school for the Maryland Board of Public Works

ANNAPOLIS – The biggest school construction budget in more than 20 years was on the table, but Eastern Shore officials came to Annapolis Thursday with only moderate goals

ANNAPOLIS – Southern Maryland officials pleaded Thursday for a bigger chunk of the state’s $222 million proposed school construction budget, citing the region’s explosive growth

ANNAPOLIS – Clear Spring Elementary Principal Jill Burkhart said her Washington County school is still a beautiful building, but it no longer meets the needs of its students