Maryland

P.G. Superintendent, Delegation Request Funds To Build Schools

ANNAPOLIS – With nearly $8 million already in hand for school construction, representatives of the Prince George’s County School District worked Wednesday to convince the state that the district’s needs warrant another $20 million

Western Md. School Systems Ask for More School Building Funds

ANNAPOLIS – Allegany County, because it starts with an “A”, was the first school board to schmooze the governor, comptroller and treasurer on Wednesday

Most Maryland House Members Vote to Sanction House Speaker

WASHINGTON – Seven of Maryland’s eight House members voted Tuesday in favor of sanctioning House Speaker Newt Gingrich for misconduct

Education Funding Tops Capital Budget Agenda

ANNAPOLIS – Education funding, environmental protection, economic development and crime control took center stage as Maryland Gov

Poor Women Get Shot At Business Loans

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

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