Maryland

SILVER SPRING – Barnabus Nkemleke asks his mostly native-born students what they did over the weekend

ANNAPOLIS – Poor supervision, miscommunication among staff members and lax security policies created the opportunity for two male residents to briefly escape from a Baltimore detention center, the Charles H

WASHINGTON – More than one in four school-aged children in Somerset County and Baltimore City school districts live in poverty, the highest rates in the state, according to recently released census data

WASHINGTON – Drivers who want to dispute their traffic tickets will have to speak up come Jan

GERMANTOWN – The arrival in Maryland this week of a doctor who has been frank about his performance of abortions late in pregnancy has not only spurred public protests in the local community, but also prompted legislators to propose new laws that would ban the practice in the state

WASHINGTON – Maryland enjoys the highest percentage of women-owned businesses of any state except the District of Columbia, census statistics released Tuesday show

ANNAPOLIS – State employees can sign up for a $15,000 buyout — the latest move to cut Maryland’s budget — under a program announced Tuesday by Gov

WASHINGTON – Americans should be prepared for two more years of verbal combat over health care reform when the new Congress is seated in January, but wholesale changes to the law are unlikely before the next election, experts say

BALTIMORE – The University System of Maryland Board of Regents voted Friday to adopt a new strategic plan for the next decade that aims to raise the state’s college completion rate, increase the number of science and technology graduates, and incorporate more technology into student learning

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland submitted its final “pollution diet” plan Friday, which details how the state will achieve Chesapeake Bay pollution reduction goals five years earlier than mandated by the federal government