Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers, parents and advocates called for health insurers to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism Thursday at a rally and hearing in the House Health and Government Operations Committee

WASHINGTON – The Access for All Americans Act is the best way to rebuild a “terribly broken” health care system, said Sen

WASHINGTON – Tim Kenny, then 15, protested when his father made him spend a snowy day replacing windows and doors as part of the weatherization program the elder Kenny coordinated in Harford County

WASHINGTON – Maryland is home to the nation’s third-highest percentage of foreign-born college graduates and should capitalize on the diversity of language abilities, according to a 2009 report of the Preservation of Heritage Language Skills Task Force

ANNAPOLIS – Community television stations face the prospect of extinction if a bill heard Thursday in the House becomes law, said representatives of public-access television from across the state

ANNAPOLIS – An attorney for the Laurel Racing Association said in court Thursday the group’s recently-disqualified Laurel Park slots bid should be reconsidered for one of Maryland’s five slot parlor licenses, questioning the constitutionality of state law

ANNAPOLIS – A Maryland lawmaker wants to make sure state residents can own football teams and boss around millionaire athletes — at least in the fantasy realm

ANNAPOLIS – Parents better hope Rover doesn’t eat Johnny’s homework, because they could lose little Johnny’s tax credit if a bill heard in the House Tuesday becomes law

ANNAPOLIS – Some Maryland lawmakers want to limit the sale of cheap cigars to packs of four or more in the latest attempt to curb smoking among young people

ANNAPOLIS – Legislators called for Maryland to ratify the 17th Amendment Tuesday, almost 100 years after it became law