ANNAPOLIS – Jessica Meredith Xavier, 44, had her “re- assignment of sex surgery” in September 1993
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Bill Would Make Spousal Abuse Grounds for Immediate Divorce
ANNAPOLIS – A bill brought before the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee Tuesday would make abuse one of two reasons a person could file for divorce in the state without a waiting period
Legislators Plan To Reduce Underage Smoking
ANNAPOLIS – The American Cancer Society provided a forum Tuesday for two Maryland lawmakers to launch an attack on underage smoking
Lawmakers Think Lottery May Be the Ticket for Horse Industry
ANNAPOLIS – Casino opponents who want to help the horse industry are now looking to other programs to help keep it alive
Eastern Shore Superintendents Air Concerns
ANNAPOLIS – Six Eastern Shore school superintendents told lawmakers Thursday that schools are increasingly overburdened by state regulations and social problems that take money away from education
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
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