Maryland

Maryland To Sue Federal Government Over Nuclear Waste Disposal

WASHINGTON – Maryland and more than 30 other states announced Thursday they will sue the Department of Energy over its December announcement that it cannot meet a January 1998 deadline to start disposing of high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants

Distinguished Scholar,365

WASHINGTON – Hall of Fame basketball player and former Sen

Appeals Court Rules Government Not Liable For Employee’s Car Crash

An appeals court in Richmond ruled this week that the federal government should not be held liable for damages from a 1993 crash in which a White House tour guide driving to work killed a young girl and seriously injured her brother

Glendening Seeks Expansion of “Right to Farm” Law

ANNAPOLIS — With more suburbanites buying homes adjacent to agricultural land, farmers need more protection against nuisance suits from neighbors, farming advocates told a Senate committee Thursday

Network to Bring Farm Programming to Satellite Subscribers

WASHINGTON – The first broadcast network devoted to farming, ranching and rural lifestyle issues will be beamed into homes across the country beginning in early March

MVA Records Bill Gets Mixed Reviews at Hearing

ANNAPOLIS – You’re driving to the office and a red Camaro cuts you off

Suit against Port Deposit, Ex-Chief May Proceed, Court Says

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals Thursday upheld a Harford County Circuit Court ruling that Port Deposit and Samuel Maranto, the town’s former police chief, can be sued by an Oregon man who claims his constitutional rights were violated in an arrest more than four years ago

County Officials, Unions Fight To Amend Baltimore School Bill

ANNAPOLIS – Delegates supporting the proposed $254 million settlement to the Baltimore City schools responded Thursday to the rumblings of other counties’ officials, who asked what the bill does for their jurisdictions

High School Assessments May Be Ready for Class of 2004

BALTIMORE – The high school class of 2004 — today’s fifth graders — will be the first students to complete Maryland’s high school assessment, state education officials say