Maryland

Parents and Advocates Seek Pre-K Expansion

ANNAPOLIS – Parents and advocates urged legislators Monday to pass a bill that would require the Maryland State Board of Education to create a plan for extending publicly-funded prekindergarten to all families

Senate President Wants Slots at BWI Airport

ANNAPOLIS – Passengers at Maryland’s main airport would be able to gamble while munching on crab cakes from Phillips Seafood Restaurant if it was up to Senate President Thomas V

Victim’s Mother Urges Death Penalty Repeal

ANNAPOLIS – Vicki Schieber wants to meet the man who brutally raped and murdered her daughter more than 10 years ago

Death Penalty Debate Heating Up

ANNAPOLIS – With Gov

Children’s Health Plan Expands, Keeps Baltimore Woman in Business

SILVER SPRING – Angela Newman’s job loss could have meant a health care crisis for her and her children

Lawmakers Stung By State Song

ANNAPOLIS – “Maryland, My Maryland,” the state song which “spurns the Northern scum,” stings the legislators, too, even if some don’t know the words

Md. Dems Join Stimulus Approval

WASHINGTON – Each of Maryland’s House Democrats voted Friday to approve a $787 billion spending and tax cut package that could bring billions to the state for transportation projects and support for schools, unemployed workers and businesses affected by the downturn

Regents Approve Textbook Policy Designed to Save Student Cash

TOWSON – The University System of Maryland Board of Regents approved a textbook policy Friday designed to cut student costs by allowing them to shop around

Van Hollen Whistleblower Amendment Dropped from Stimulus

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s congressional delegation won one and lost one in the negotiations over the $790 billion stimulus package awaiting a vote on Capitol Hill

Slots Commission Tosses Out Bids for Laurel Park and Rocky Gap, Legal Challenge Awaits

ANNAPOLIS – The state slots commission Thursday voted unanimously to throw out bids for parlors at Laurel Park racetrack and Rocky Gap State Park, leaving just four proposals in what was expected to be a lucrative bidding process