Maryland

WASHINGTON – Libertarian Chairman Robert Johnson phoned around to his tiny party’s sympathizers late last year, after being dispatched from an August picnic to corral congressional candidates against Maryland Democrats’ near-monopoly

WASHINGTON – The Maryland State Retirement and Pension System is assuring state employees that their investments are safe, even after the system lost more than $830 million in July and August

WASHINGTON – States need to provide veteran’s services the federal government has let slip through the cracks, Lt

WASHINGTON – Many of Maryland’s Jewish residents are keeping kosher and keeping up with the latest food trend this High Holiday season –buying eco-friendly, organic and locally grown kosher staples, a movement some are calling ‘eco-kosher

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler opposes a proposed federal ruling protecting doctors who don’t want to perform abortions, saying Washington is stepping all over the rights of individual states

WASHINGTON – University of Maryland Medical Center’s recent designation as a cancer center by the National Cancer Institute will help advance its research in cancer disparities among minorities and breast cancer treatment, said the director of its cancer division

ANNAPOLIS – Marion Walton has lived in her home for 50 years

WASHINGTON – President Bush asked Congress last week to approve a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street’s plummeting markets, but some Marylanders have significant reservations about this solution

ANNAPOLIS – Republican lawmakers denounced the pending slots referendum Thursday, offering an alternate plan that might pump less money into the state’s coffers and provide a smaller portion of revenues to education

ANNAPOLIS – Republican lawmakers proposed $3