Maryland

Senate Gun-Control Opponents Plan Filibuster as Protest

ANNAPOLIS – Senate opponents of Gov

Senate Approves Bill To Plan Prepaid Tuition for 1998

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland is one step closer to joining at least ten other states that allow parents to pay tuition at a fixed rate years before a child gets to college

Glendening Restores Funding for Prison Education

ANNAPOLIS – Teachers in Maryland’s prison schools and their inmate students rejoiced Tuesday over a decision by Gov

State Officials Pull Back on Plans to Limit Welfare Benefits

ANNAPOLIS – State welfare officials have abandoned all thought of imposing a five-year lifetime limit on benefits, and now say any such limit will have to come from Congress

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