Maryland

WASHINGTON – One day last year was another day of abuse for “Alice” at the hands of her husband, but this time when she called the Family Crisis Center hotline, something was different

ANNAPOLIS – The state’s budget for land preservation will plummet dramatically in the next few years, falling by more than $100 million by 2010, according to statistics released Tuesday at a meeting of the Maryland Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation

ANNAPOLIS – A statewide comprehensive database of foster children and adoption cases included only 35 percent of the data it was supposed to have, according to an audit released earlier this month for the Department of Human Resources

ANNAPOLIS – The state pension board tapped Larry E

WASHINGTON – Congress may hold a special session in November to tackle the growing economic crisis, Sen

WASHINGTON – Maryland nonprofits are hoping Congress will help them cope with higher gas costs before they have to curtail services, several of their executives said

BALTIMORE – The answer to better health care lies in the tax credits Sen

WASHINGTON – Rockville massage therapist Mercedes Clemens thought she had the perfect job, until she got a letter from two state agencies telling her to stop working with horses or risk losing her massage therapy license

WASHINGTON – New Democratic voter registrations were 10 times those of Republicans since the 2004 election

WASHINGTON – Numerous tax increases during the past year have turned Maryland into the nation’s sixth-worst business tax climate, according to a recent study