Maryland

Eastern Shore Delegates Support Anti-Hunger Measures

ANNAPOLIS – Key Eastern Shore legislators pledged their support for anti-hunger measures at a meeting Thursday with members of the Maryland Coalition to End Hunger

Parents, Students Debate Merits of Service Requirement

ANNAPOLIS – High school students should not be forced to perform community service to receive their diplomas, supporters of a House bill to repeal the service learning requirement told the Ways and Means committee Wednesday

Losing Candidate Gies Ends Year in Debt

WASHINGTON – Democrat Ralph Gies closed last year’s failed election bid against Rep

Cardin First Maryland Representative To Go Online

WASHINGTON – Rep

Cuts in Metro Could Bring Fare Hikes

WASHINGTON – President Clinton’s proposed 14 percent cut to federal transportation programs could lead to fare hikes for Metrorail riders

Purdue Spokesman Conceptually Supports USDA Inspection Plan

WASHINGTON – A spokesman for Purdue Farms Inc

Bay License Plates and Income Tax Check-offs Fund Bay Projects

ANNAPOLIS – Students from Broadneck Senior High School spenta week last summer camping at Wye Island, where their days werepacked with activities, from planting marsh grasses to buildingbird boxes

Bill Would Make It Easier To Charge Pot Smugglers withFelonies

ANNAPOLIS – Calling marijuana the “drug of choice” fortoday’s youth, police urged the Senate Judicial ProceedingsCommittee to lower the amount necessary for a felony possessioncharge from 100 to 10 pounds

Health Union Seeks Earlier Help for Potential Layoff Victims

ANNAPOLIS – Health care union officials asked legislatorsThursday to use hospital closing contingency funds to train andrelocate health care workers as soon as hospitals announcemergers or closings