Maryland

Editors: Hold for Release for Sunday, April 21.

WASHINGTON – Scientists believe human activities may be contributing to the Baltimore oriole’s decline

Editors: Please hold for release for Monday, April 29.

WASHINGTON – Some top industrial polluters in Maryland blame their size and high production for their large toxic emissions

Recipients Say Getting Off Welfare Is Hard, Even with Desire

In Annapolis, where the Maryland Legislature passed a welfare reform bill this month, and in Washington, D

House Passes Anti-terrorism Bill With Help From Maryland Members

WASHINGTON – With the help of six of seven Maryland members, the House passed a bill Thursday that would attempt to prevent terrorism and restrict appeals of death row inmates

Threatened River,435

WASHINGTON – The lower Potomac was cited as one of the nation’s 20 most threatened rivers in a report released Wednesday by American Rivers, a national conservation organization

Anne Arundel County Meets Success with Service Learning Program

ODENTON – There was a sense of urgency among Doreen Koke’s seventh grade science students as they surveyed the empty beer cans and cigarette packages along the banks of Towsers Branch

Perot Activist Has Long Association With Texas Billionaire

ANNAPOLIS – Joan Vinson was a distraught woman when she first met Ross Perot in 1969

Regents’ Committee Makes Domestic Partner Benefits Report

CATONSVILLE – A committee of the University of Maryland System Board of Regents Friday recommended extending family benefits to domestic partners of system employees – whether of the same or opposite gender

All 19 Anti-Smoking Measures Failed in General Assembly

ANNAPOLIS – After dozens of hearing hours, none of the 19 tobacco bills introduced in 1996 passed the General Assembly