Maryland

Area Officials Criticize Plan to Allow Longer Flights into National

WASHINGTON – Area officials Thursday told a Senate subcommittee chairman they were concerned about his proposal to allow longer, direct flights into Washington National Airport

Students Lobby Legislators for Tougher Anti-Smoking Laws

ANNAPOLIS – Eleven-year-old Kimberly Breeding doesn’t think much of smokers

Assisted Suicide Bill Sparks Lively Debate

ANNAPOLIS – A Maryland lawmaker wants to set a legal standard where one does not now exist – in the ethical gray area of assisted suicide

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WASHINGTON – If states want to control their own food stamp programs, 49 of them would have to change the way they distribute benefits, under a bill moving through Congress

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WASHINGTON – The Indian Head naval facility in Charles County has been recommended to be added to the nation’s burgeoning list of environmental cleanup sites, but a Navy spokeswoman said it poses no danger to the public

Lawmakers Go After Deadbeat Parents

ANNAPOLIS – From the poorest to the richest, parents who fail to pay child support are the target of a host of bills in the Maryland General Assembly this year

P.G. Lawmakers Reassure Residents about School Funding

ANNAPOLIS – Prince George’s County parents and school board members told state lawmakers Monday that County Executive Wayne Curry’s proposed school cuts would be devastating to public education in the county

Federal Workers Rally for Fair Pay, Retirement Benefits

WASHINGTON – Nearly 250 federal workers rallied and chanted outside the Capitol Tuesday to oppose threatened cutbacks to federal employee pay and retirement benefits

Sponsors of Gift Ban Have Accepted Lobbyists’ Largesse

ANNAPOLIS – When GOP lawmakers unveiled their “Republican Contract With Maryland” last October, they vowed to ban all gifts from lobbyists

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ANNAPOLIS – How would casino gambling affect Maryland?

With only their zeal in common, lobbyists, industry magnates and clergy packed a House Joint Hearing Friday to tackle that question