Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – State officials are expected Wednesday to approve a bid for a slots parlor in Cecil County, the second such license approved by the state

ANNAPOLIS – When a family hits hard times, it cuts obvious excess spending by eating out less, shopping smarter, and abstaining from luxuries

LUSBY – The shining black Labrador retriever’s tail snapped back and forth like a flag in the wind as he jumped happily in the tall grass — Blu completed his mission and gleefully attacked a black Kong toy in a victory dance

ANNAPOLIS – From brown and mahogany tides to slick surface masses of blue-green scum, stretches of unnaturally abundant algae drift through the Chesapeake Bay

WASHINGTON – If the reaction from Maryland-area politicians, academic experts and advocacy groups to a new immigration reform proposal is any indication, the upcoming debate on the issue will be vehement and contentious

ANNAPOLIS – Eighty-three percent of Marylanders support an increase in the alcohol tax to fund addiction treatment and developmental disability services, according to a state-wide Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategies poll released Thursday

WASHINGTON – Both seasonal flu and 2009 H1N1 flu vaccines may be given to a patient at the same visit, as long as they’re not both in the nasal spray form, health officials said

WASHINGTON – The head of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Wednesday implored Maryland Democratic Sen

WASHINGTON – Maryland is one of only eight jurisdictions to show improvement in fourth-grade math scores from 2007, according to the 2009 Nation’s Report Card for mathematics released Wednesday

BALTIMORE – Garrett County residents told the Maryland Public Service Commission Wednesday that a proposed wind farm would be noisy, ineffective and potentially put them in danger