Maryland

COLLEGE PARK – A Kansas church known for its vehement anti-homosexual stance and for picketing the funerals of fallen soldiers is targeting a Hyattsville high school for a protest next week

ANNAPOLIS — Debate on the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, which would give full marriage rights to same-sex couples in Maryland, will begin Wednesday on the Senate floor

ANNAPOLIS — Rockfish season will re-open for two days this month beginning on Friday, said Sgt

BALTIMORE – The Maryland State Board of Education approved a statewide model policy Tuesday afternoon in Baltimore to help prevent and deal with gang activity in schools

GREENBELT – Three defendants were convicted for their roles in the $70 million “Metro Dream Homes” Ponzi scheme Friday in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland

ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland delegate intends to file a bill Monday that would add up to two years of jail time to a list of penalties for first-time rockfish poachers, a direct result of poaching finds by Natural Resources Police in the Chesapeake Bay this month

ANNAPOLIS – Legislators and advocacy groups are working to put up a statue of a legendary woman who spent much of her life freeing slaves, in place of a statue of a wealthy, slave-owning Maryland patriot considered by some to be the first president of the country

SILVER SPRING — The story was eerily familiar to Glendora Hughes: a police officer in Baltimore with a skin condition common among black men who was forced to shave against his doctor’s advice

ANNAPOLIS –Maryland came one step closer to allowing same-sex marriage Thursday when a bill that changes the definition of marriage from “between a man and a woman” to “between two individuals” passed the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee by a vote of 7-4

ANNAPOLIS — Like most pieces of legislation being debated this session, a bill mandating equal treatment for girls in juvenile justice will likely come down to how much it costs the state