Maryland

Internet Classes Appeal to Busy Students

COLLEGE PARK – Lisa Newcomer sometimes leaves Reggie Haseltine’s database class at the University of Maryland University College midway through to switch her laundry to the dryer

Finding Their Way Off Welfare, by Hard Work and Prayer

Every night Debra Jean Miller puts herself in danger so she can stay off welfare

New Monument at Antietam Honors Irish Civil War Soldiers

Thomas Francis Meagher, an Irish rebel convicted of sedition by the British, escaped from an Australian penal colony in 1849, but never carried out his plans to return to his homeland and rid it of the British

State, Businesses Square Off Over Cost of Electronic Data

ANNAPOLIS – As more public records become available in electronic format, state agencies are hard-pressed to provide information affordably and still make ends meet, officials say

Plan Would Impose Smoking Ban On All Federal Work Sites

WASHINGTON – Smoking is not a privilege extended equally to all federal employees

Md. Activists Oppose Changes to Endangered Species Act

ANNAPOLIS – Changes to the Endangered Species Act now under consideration in the U

Rosapepe Sails Through Nomination Hearing For Ambassadorship

WASHINGTON – Maryland Del

Survey Results Show Graduates Need Additional Skills

BALTIMORE – Young people who enter the work force immediately after graduation from high school have poor writing, reading and communication skills, according to findings of a new survey by the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education

House Panel OKs More Life Insurance Coverage For Fed Workers

WASHINGTON – A House panel voted Wednesday to offer more life insurance coverage to federal workers and their families