Maryland

Commission Continues to Examine State Retirement Benefits

ANNAPOLIS – The state has a “huge unfunded liability for health benefits,” Barbara A

U.N. Recognizes Power of Statistics

WASHINGTON – Those crime statistics in your county’s annual reports don’t compile themselves

Nuanced Differences Separate Ehrlich, O’Malley on Charter Schools

ANNAPOLIS – Charter schools are here to stay in Maryland, no matter whether voters re-elect incumbent Gov

Switching to Grazing Helps Farmers, Chesapeake Bay

ANNAPOLIS – As a restoration scientist for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Rob Schnabel shuttles around Western Maryland in his hybrid car persuading farmers to switch to grazing — which is healthier, eco-friendly and more profitable than confinement farming, where cows are kept in stalls and injected with antibiotics

Washington County Adds Jail Beds, Eyes ICE Program

WASHINGTON – Washington County stands to become the second Maryland jurisdiction to join a controversial immigration program when it completes its planned jail expansion next year

2nd Debate Gets Heated Between O’Malley and a More Focused Ehrlich

WASHINGTON – In a debate markedly more hostile than Monday’s, the two men vying to become Maryland’s next governor on Thursday traded punches on issues as far-ranging as the state pension system, Baltimore schools, gay marriage and immigration

IRS Change May Make Maryland Nonprofits Pay

WASHINGTON – As many as 1 in 5 Maryland nonprofit businesses could be stripped of their tax-exempt status tomorrow because of filing rules that changed three years ago, but still caught them unaware

O’Malley and Other Officials Work to Save Nuclear Reactor Project

ANNAPOLIS – Federal and state officials are attempting to revive a plan to develop a third nuclear reactor in Calvert County, a project that could create more jobs and develop energy in Maryland

Md. Company Announces Atlantic Cable Project to Bring Wind Power Ashore

WASHINGTON – Developers unveiled a $5 billion undersea transmission cable project Tuesday that could link a Maryland wind farm planned off the Worchester County coast to the mainland electric grid upon completion in 2020