Maryland

Bartlett Lets Faith Be His Guide as He ‘Teas’ Up Social, Fiscal Issues

WASHINGTON – Roscoe Bartlett was a tea partyer before the tea party was cool

DJS to Work Toward Parity for Girls

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland House and Senate took the teeth out of legislation requiring equal services for girls in the juvenile justice system this week, but Annapolis leaders, including Gov

Maryland Prescription Abuse Predicted to Grow Without Legislation

WASHINGTON – By October 2009, the Maryland State Board of Physicians had heard numerous complaints from pharmacists across the state about abusive prescription practices

Sponsors Want Tubman Statue as Addition, Not Replacement

ANNAPOLIS ? Supporters of a bill to replace a statue of Maryland legislator John Hanson with a statue of Harriet Tubman in the U

Md. Leaders Praise Consumer Protections in Health Care Reform Law

BALTIMORE – A panel of Maryland and federal leaders marked the one-year anniversary of the Affordable Health Care for America Act Thursday by extolling the law’s consumer protections, especially those that concern women and children

Md. House Approves Budget

ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a $14

Equal Services for Girls in Juvenile Detention Unlikely in 2011

ANNAPOLIS — Girls in the Maryland juvenile justice system will likely have to wait at least another year to receive the same opportunities as boys after a Senate committee Thursday took the teeth out of a bill mandating “substantially equivalent” services

Nuclear Plant Manager Warned Employees of Roof Leaks, Declining Maintenance

WASHINGTON – Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant General Manager Thomas Trepanier warned his employees about a pattern of “tolerating degraded roof conditions” at the 35-year-old facility last year after water damage shorted out backup power systems, leading to a weeklong shutdown

Feds Foil Md. Redistricting Plan to Count Inmates by Former Home

WASHINGTON – A federal roadblock has stopped Maryland short of counting all prison inmates at their pre-incarceration addresses in order to draw political boundaries