Maryland

WASHINGTON – Nine companies accused of illegally collecting excessive interest on insurance premium loans to high-risk drivers are fiercely denying the allegations

ANNAPOLIS – Gov

WASHINGTON – Maryland children could be healthier if their parents were more educated and had higher incomes, but the gap between the upper-class and the average family is smaller than in most states, according to a study released Wednesday by the Commission to Build a Healthier America

ANNAPOLIS – A week before the Maryland Board of Public Works meets to consider budget cuts for state agencies, advocates for people with developmental disabilities said they cannot afford to absorb any decrease in funding

FREDERICK – Concerned with the economic and environmental impacts of gypsy moth infestation, officials from Garrett, Allegany and Frederick counties argued Wednesday that Western Maryland needs to be a top priority for the aerial spraying used to kill the invasive pests

WASHINGTON – The investigating officer in the 2007 trial of a Marine charged with killing several dozen Iraqi civilians died Sunday, less than three months after he sustained head injuries in a non-hostile incident in Iraq’s Anbar province

ANNAPOLIS – Hundreds of thousands of dollars allocated by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration to individual counties for drug treatment and prevention went unused last year, officials from Maryland’s Department of Legislative Services told a Senate committee Wednesday

ANNAPOLIS – Former Superintendent Col

WASHINGTON – A $740 million expansion of the Cove Point liquefied natural gas facility was reauthorized Tuesday, less than three months after a federal court sent the issue back to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

ANNAPOLIS – Up to 1 million Maryland residents who are eligible to vote are not registered to do so as the deadline to sign up for the November election creeps closer, Maryland political leaders said Tuesday