ANNAPOLIS – Senate Finance Committee leaders clashed with insurance industry representatives Thursday over legislation that would require health insurers to inform consumers more specifically about their plans and business practices
Maryland
Legislative Scholarship Bills Face Likely Death for 9th Year
ANNAPOLIS – For at least the ninth year, Annapolis lawmakers are taking up the controversial legislative scholarship program, the only one of its kind in the nation
Park Service Predicts Perfectly Timed Cherry Blossom Bloom
WASHINGTON – The National Park Service predicted Thursday the District’s cherry trees will perform a “three-peat” by blooming right in the middle of the two-week cherry blossom festival for the third year in a row
Eviction Bills,470
ANNAPOLIS – Two new housing bills would prevent unnecessary evictions and help reduce homelessness in the state, supporters said Thursday, while landlords argued the measures would only complicate the process and increase rents for other tenants
Reading Program Brings Books to Baltimore’s Underprivileged
BALTIMORE – The 3-year-olds pile on top of each other to see the books in each others’ hands
Bill Would End Telemarketers’ Automatic-Dialing Annoyances
ANNAPOLIS – Consumers could receive fewer mystery phone calls under a bill now before the state Legislature
Court Says Judge Was Right to Leave Pakistan Case Alone
ANNAPOLIS – A Baltimore County judge acted correctly in leaving alone the child-custody decision of a Pakistani court, even though the foreign court looked to Islamic teaching in determining the child’s “best interests,” the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled Wednesday
National Farm Bill’s Impact on Maryland May be Minimal
WASHINGTON – Maryland farmers, whose produce ranges from meat to milk to mushrooms, probably have little to fear from farm bills working their way through Congress, industry officials say
Senate Bill Would Require Drug Treatment Option for Prisoners
ANNAPOLIS – Most inmates in state and local facilities have drug or alcohol problems