Maryland

Green Party Candidate Dies; Members to Consider Ballot Replacement

WASHINGTON – It will be at least the weekend before the Maryland Green Party decides whether it will field a replacement candidate for U

Retail Job Losses Contribute to Maryland Unemployment Rate Increase

WASHINGTON – Retail job losses helped boost Maryland’s unemployment rate to 7

Waxter Resumes Admission, DJS Claims Improved Conditions

ANNAPOLIS — A Laurel center for female juvenile offenders has resumed taking residents into its high security program after making changes to improve conditions that caused an admittance suspension last spring, an official said

Maryland Tea Partiers Defeated, but not Deflated

WASHINGTON – Sarah Palin-backed Brian Murphy may have lost Maryland’s Republican gubernatorial primary, but the tea partiers who supported him can’t be counted out of the general election yet

Dead-Dog Ads Arrive After Election for PG County Executive

ANNAPOLIS – The big sad eyes of a black Labrador retriever stare up at Prince George’s County voters from the front of an ad slamming county executive candidate Michael Jackson, whose sheriff’s deputies infamously killed a local mayor’s two dogs in a botched July 2008 drug raid

Maryland Wins Stimulus Grant to Fund High-Speed Internet

WASHINGTON – Nearly 2 million homes and 443,000 businesses will be linked to vital broadband Internet service under a $115 million federal grant announced Friday

National Poverty Rate Rises; Md. Rate May Follow

WASHINGTON – The nation’s poverty rate ticked up last year, according to figures released Thursday, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that Maryland’s figures will follow suit, experts said

Plans for Economy, Education Top Voters’ Wish Lists

ANNAPOLIS – Turnout was low, but those casting ballots this week in two gubernatorial battleground counties were sure of what they want to see between now and November’s general election

Jill Biden Meets with Students at Anne Arundel Community College

ARNOLD – Jill Biden voiced her support for community colleges as powerful — if sometimes less known — educators during a visit to Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold Wednesday

Fresh and Local Lunch at Maryland Schools this Week

EDGEWOOD – School lunch is getting a healthy and fresh makeover this week as part of the third annual Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week at Edgewood Elementary School in Harford County