Maryland

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

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

ANNAPOLIS – Saying that it discriminated against welfare recipients, members of two state agencies came out Wednesday against a bill proposing that lottery-winning welfare recipients use their prize money to pay off their tab

WASHINGTON – Abandoned industrial sites in Baltimore and other parts of Maryland could become more attractive to investors if legislation pending in Congress is approved

BALTIMORE – Before November 1995, Russell James had become a familiar figure in this city’s court system, facing arrests for shoplifting, drug and gun possession, he said

WASHINGTON – Nearly all of Maryland’s members of Congress say they want to reform the way candidates raise money for campaigns

WASHINGTON – Consumers in search of the best truck, minivan or sport utility vehicle now have another tool to help them wade through the choices

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals Tuesday upheld a ruling that a Glen Burnie convenience store was not responsible for moth larva found in a Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Almond Bar by an Odenton woman

ANNAPOLIS – House Judiciary Committee members heard testimony Tuesday on two bills aimed at preventing crime – using the death penalty to deter drug murders and seizing cars to deter prostitution

ANNAPOLIS – You’d want to think twice before tossing a tissue onto the highway or sneaking out to dump a sofa into a streambed if a bill in the state Legislature becomes law