Maryland

WASHINGTON – Wednesday was a long day for Ellen Kahn and Julie Drizin of Silver Spring

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ANNAPOLIS – If climatologist Joseph Romm is correct, a changing climate will have made Maryland’s winters so warm in a few decades that a winter storm won’t mean anything more than a lot of rain

WASHINGTON – Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler said Tuesday that pharmaceuticals flushed into the waste stream pose a risk to the environment and called for a national prescription drug “take-back” program to remedy the issue

ANNAPOLIS – A coalition of environmental groups is suing Perdue Farms Inc

ANNAPOLIS – Two House bills that would raise Maryland’s fuel tax received positive testimony in a hearing Tuesday, but it remains unknown whether any tax increase will prove politically palatable in an election year

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a landmark gun control case that could have significant national implications for gun rights and regulation

WASHINGTON – Some students worried about how their online presence will be perceived by a potential employer are taking the extraordinary security step of changing their names on the social network Facebook

ANNAPOLIS – About 40 Eastern Shore chicken houses collapsed under the weight of the recent snow, and now the Maryland Department of the Environment is giving farmers the option to burn the wood debris instead of hauling it to the landfill

COLLEGE PARK – Mobile app downloads and sales are booming, as more and more people shift from using their computers to using their phones to access the Internet, read books and play games