WASHINGTON – Beulah Williams – a single mother with three daughters and a son – loved to make women’s Afrocentric clothes, baby’s baptism robes and children’s outfits and had long hoped to start her own business
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Tax Cut Tops Maryland GOP Agenda for Third Straight Year
ANNAPOLIS – For the third straight year, a phased-in 24 percent income tax cut tops the House Republican Caucus’ legislative agenda, members announced at a Tuesday press conference
Committee Recommends $9,000 Pay Increase for Judges
ANNAPOLIS – After more than an hour of wrangling over numbers and percentages, the state Judicial Compensation Committee Tuesday recommended a $9,000 pay increase for state judges, including chief judges
Court Rejects Appeal to Open Queen’s Chapel Road
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals Tuesday threw a roadblock in front of hopes that Queen’s Chapel Road would reopen to thru traffic in the Prince George’s County community of University Park
Court Order Allows Pro-Life Group to Demonstrate at Inaugural Parade
WASHINGTON – A court order issued Sunday allowed a pro-life group to hold a demonstration on Pennsylvania Avenue during President Clinton’s Inaugural Parade
Federal Actions May Boost Fortunes of Maryland Dairy Farmers
WASHINGTON – As the price he was getting for his milk continued falling through November and December, dairy farmer Gary Dell thought about older farmers he knew, who had found it easier to sell their land to developers than continue to scrape out a living on the farm
Heart Association Sympathizes with Maryland Tobacco Farmers
ANNAPOLIS – When it comes to tobacco farmers, the American Heart Association has had a change of heart
Court Rules on State Custody of Children
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Appeals Thursday limited the rights of parents who file late objections when the state attempts to gain custody of their children