Maryland

WASHINGTON – A well-known national education survey ranked Maryland among the top three states at a time when the school superintendent has lost the support of Maryland’s top elected officials

WASHINGTON – Maryland had the lowest percentage of children younger than 5 living in poverty of any of the United States in 2005, according to new estimates from the Census Bureau

ANNAPOLIS – When Garrett County Chamber of Commerce President Charlie Ross sees the spike in sales taxes the county has sent to the state over the last five years, he does not see money going out of the county

ANNAPOLIS – Four of Maryland’s smallest counties saw some of the biggest increases in sales taxes per person between 2001 and 2006, according to figures from the Maryland Comptroller’s Office

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s overall student-teacher ratio has improved significantly over the last 10 years, but the state still hovers in the middle of the pack when ranked against other states during that period, according to U

WASHINGTON – The vast majority of Maryland lawyers never get into trouble

WASHINGTON – When Gov

WASHINGTON – Maryland lawyers who plan to murder their spouse or have sex with minors have been swiftly disbarred, but many who repeatedly cheat, lie, steal, abandon their clients or torture animals can do so for years without suffering any real consequence, according to records from the state agency assigned to police the practice of law

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland may have recently won the title of richest state in the country but that did not stop thousands of its residents from fleeing the state last year

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