Maryland

Funding Issues Won’t Stop Connector, State Says

WASHINGTON – Maryland Department of Transportation officials said Friday they are confident in the progress of the Inter-county Connector, despite recent funding issues

Green Republicans May Support Dem in 1st District

WASHINGTON – Swing voters could decide Maryland’s 1st District congressional race, where Republican environmentalists are already crossing the party line

Randallstown Marine Dies in Afghanistan Bombing

WASHINGTON – Marine Corps Capt

Waterman Claims Solution to Bay’s Oyster Problem

WASHINGTON – Richard Pelz, president of Circle C Oyster Ranch at St

GOP, Dems Mum on Slots

ANNAPOLIS – Two years ago, at a political fundraiser, James Pelura III launched a verbal tirade at a fellow member of the state’s Republican Party

Maryland Qualified Teacher Gap Is Nation’s Largest

WASHINGTON – Maryland leads the nation with its glaring gap in the number of quality teachers at wealthy versus poorer schools

Maryland’s African-American Children Five Times as Likely to be in Foster Care

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s African-American children are five times more likely to be in foster care than Caucasian children, according to a recent study of 2006 and 2007 data by Advocates for Children and Youth (ACY), a group that promotes the safety and health of children throughout the state

Somber Tone Still Pervades Sept. 11 Events

WASHINGTON – Sept

Maryland Officials Fight Voter Discrimination

WASHINGTON – Boards of elections are retraining workers and the state attorney general’s office is on alert, as both gear up for the November presidential election to prevent the kind of voter discrimination problems that plagued the 2004 and 2006 election cycles