Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – A dramatic rise in foreclosures and related scams is expected in Maryland in the coming year, prompting the governor and the General Assembly to roll out several initiatives intended to help people keep their homes and avoid mortgage fraud

BETHESDA – The continuing mortgage crisis and the country’s declining economy, as well as the General Assembly’s recently passed computer services tax, will pose problems for Maryland this year, said Comptroller Peter Franchot in his State of the Treasury speech Friday at Chevy Chase Bank Headquarters

WASHINGTON – The government needs to keep interest rates and taxes low as the U

ANNAPOLIS – Several hundred environmental activists flocked to a plaza across from the State House in the snow Thursday to rally support for the Global Warming Solutions Act, slated to be introduced in the Senate next week

ANNAPOLIS – Sen

ANNAPOLIS – Gov

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland watermen used to freely plying the Chesapeake Bay in search of oysters may be forced to accept new restrictions, according to an interim report released Wednesday by the state’s Oyster Advisory Commission

ANNAPOLIS – Support among Marylanders for life imprisonment as an alternative to the death penalty is rising, according to a recent poll conducted by Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategies

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s large black population may push Illinois Democratic Sen

ANNAPOLIS – Gov