Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – A bill that would help private landowners pay for the cost of controlling phragmites — a fast-spreading wetlands reed that crowds out native Maryland species — is close to final passage

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GALENA, Md

WASHINGTON – A House transportation subcommittee has authorized funds for a new Secret Service facility to be built on the agency’s training campus in Beltsville, Md

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ANNAPOLIS – A bill raising the standard of accountability for businesses that receive special state loans or grants in exchange for bringing jobs and capital investment to Maryland moved a step closer to final passage Thursday

ANNAPOLIS – A Davidsonville woman whose scalp was torn off while racing a go-kart has the right to have a jury decide if the race organizer and the go-kart’s manufacturer and seller were to blame for her injuries, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled Thursday

WASHINGTON – The Senate’s passage Wednesday night of a measure giving the president power to delete items from federal spending bills came without the help of Maryland’s two members

WASHINGTON – Mail is being delivered as quickly in Southern Maryland as it is in other parts of the country for the first time in years, Rep

WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board called on railroads and a federal agency Wednesday to set a timetable for installing high-technology train control systems that would make collisions close to impossible