WASHINGTON – Problems in the immigration justice system are pervasive and widespread, says a new report that calls for an overhaul of the law and agency policies
Maryland
Bill Would Provide Hotel Shelter for Domestic Violence Victims
ANNAPOLIS – The battered women who come through the door of Baltimore’s House of Ruth shelter are often in fear for their lives — just like the 1,075 who didn’t get in
Tuition Funds Safe, Officials Say, If USM Faces Midyear Cuts
WASHINGTON – If the University System of Maryland’s budget must be cut in midyear, as it has been the past two years, state officials say those reductions won’t tap students’ tuition
Students, Officials React to Proposed Hike
WASHINGTON – With a tuition increase likely for Maryland’s public universities next year, you’d expect more protests, but students and others have taken the news as more positive than negative
If Federal Health Bill Tanks, a State Solution Might be the Answer
ANNAPOLIS- Walk into Hagerstown’s Community Free Clinic and you can see exactly whom health care reform, state or federal, is meant to help
Maryland May Be Too Blue for Republican Surge
WASHINGTON – A wave of voter anger and frustration sweeping the nation may make for a more interesting election year in strongly Democratic Maryland, conservative activists and candidates say
GOP’s Mica Calls Maryland Rail Money ‘Peanuts’
WASHINGTON – While Maryland politicians are praising the $70 million in stimulus dollars the state received Thursday for high-speed rail improvements, the ranking Republican on the House Transportation Committee, Rep
Legislation Would Close Embattled Waxter Detention Center for Girls
ANNAPOLIS – Delegate Kathleen Dumais, D-Montgomery, has drafted legislation that would close Laurel’s struggling Thomas J
Bill Seeks to Suspend Fees for Aquaculture
ANNAPOLIS – Raymond Combs and his family have been trying to get permits to raise oysters for the last three years
Delegate Says Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Recognition “Not Discriminatory”
ANNAPOLIS – Delegate Emmett Burns, D-Baltimore County, said Thursday that his bill barring recognition of out-of-state same-sex marriages was “not discriminatory