Maryland

Bill Raising Accountability of State-Aided Business Advances

ANNAPOLIS – A bill raising the standard of accountability for businesses that receive special state loans or grants in exchange for bringing Maryland jobs and capital investment passed a hurdle in the General Assembly Friday

Glendening Outlines Gun Enforcement Strategy at Conference

COLLEGE PARK — With votes imminent on his gun-control legislation and the outcome still in doubt, Gov

Bellavance Widow Testifies for Restricting Kids’ Tobacco Access

ANNAPOLIS – Elizabeth Bellavance stayed seated for five hours Thursday to spend three minutes asking a House committee to support several bills to discourage children from smoking

College Park Committee For A Better Environment is Honored

WASHINGTON – A College Park environmental group received an award Thursday for its efforts to keep the Anacostia River clean

Elderly Woman Loses Lawsuit against University Police

ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals Thursday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against several police agencies over the search of a Takoma Park home for stolen University of Maryland property

Terhes Helps Put Maryland Republicans on Political Map

ANNAPOLIS – After Joyce Lyons Terhes decided to run for office in heavily Democratic Calvert County 10 years ago, an attorney she knew told her that as a Republican and a woman she stood no chance

Editors: This is a shortened version of a story transmitted Tuesday.

WASHINGTON – For about 20 years, he has slept under the Capitol’s east steps, in a cardboard hut beneath a granite archway

Oyster Repletion Program in Danger of Ending?

ANNAPOLIS – Oyster spawning season is approaching, and with it comes the need to dredge and move old shells — part of a decades-old oyster repletion program

County, City Officials React Favorably to Barry Downsizing Plan

WASHINGTON – Local government leaders Wednesday reacted favorably to D