Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – As the welfare debate heats up the Maryland Statehouse, opposing camps on the abortion issue are uniting against the family cap, a measure designed to discourage mothers on public assistance from having more babies

ANNAPOLIS – A new predator is creating a nuisance for Maryland’s farmers and trappers

ANNAPOLIS – The General Assembly’s freshman class is 80 strong – more diverse, more Republican and younger than Maryland lawmakers have been in years

ANNAPOLIS – In Calvert County, where station wagons and two- car garages are increasingly replacing tractors and silos, interaction between neighbors is not always cordial

WASHINGTON – For years George Jackson led a double life of science and art – microbiologist by day at the Food & Drug Administration and free-lance writer by night and weekend

ANNAPOLIS – It took the most rancorous strike in baseball history, but the Baltimore Orioles – and their fans in the Statehouse – are drawing inspiration from to one of their greatest rivals: the world-champion Toronto Blue Jays

ANNAPOLIS – Showing bipartisan intentions to address the needs of their youngest constituents, more than 25 legislators on Wednesday signed a “Contract with Maryland’s Children

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s decision this week not to hear a voter-rights case from Worcester County drew quick praise from the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP

WASHINGTON – A key congressman said Wednesday he doubted the District would receive additional federal money before May, but endorsed naming an emergency oversight board to help the city through its fiscal crisis

WASHINGTON – The speaker of Maryland’s House of Delegates Wednesday appealed to a reform-minded congressional subcommittee to continue funding for the state’s Appalachian area