Maryland

Congressional Report: Health Care Reform to Help 1 Million Md. Families

WASHINGTON – As many as 261,000 uninsured Marylanders could receive health care coverage and approximately 1 million families and 122,100 small businesses could receive tax credits to offset health care costs, under the current health care reform plan, according to a new congressional study

Rebidding Slots Sites Takes Precedence Over Adding Table Games

ANNAPOLIS – Bills that would allow Maryland’s slots facilities to have table games were overshadowed Tuesday by legislation aimed at attracting more contractors to the rebidding of the state’s two unlicensed slots sites

Poultry Farmers Resist Bill to Ban Arsenic in Chicken Feed

ANNAPOLIS – The state attorney general and some legislators in both houses are backing a ban on arsenic in chicken feed, a move they say will help poultry farmers and the environment

Lollar Stirs Tea Party Health Care Protest

WASHINGTON – The hundreds of tea party protesters who gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday were shuffling away from a series of speeches from lawmakers and organizers, all panning health care reform, when one final, unscheduled, speaker grabbed the megaphone

Comparable Training Centers Fail to Sway Ruthsburg Facility’s Opponents

WASHINGTON – Battle lines are drawn on the Eastern Shore over a proposed State Department training center planned for tiny Ruthsburg

Natural Resources Police, Legislators Crack Down on Oyster Poachers

ANNAPOLIS – For 20 years, Roy Rafter made his living as a waterman, catching fish, crabs and oysters

Van Hollen Commits to Immigration Reform

SILVER SPRING – Rep

O’Malley Seeks Federal Jobs Funding

WASHINGTON – Gov