Maryland

Landlords Can’t Turn Away Section 8 Tenants, Court of Appeals Rules

ANNAPOLIS – Montgomery County landlords cannot turn away low-income renters simply because they receive federal Section 8 housing assistance, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Friday

Comptroller’s Office Gearing Up to Collect Slew of New Taxes

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot will be ready to collect the $1

Immigrants Stick With Spanish, Study Says

WASHINGTON – When Cecilia Rojas moved to Maryland from Peru 20 years ago, she spoke no English

State Foreclosure Rise Prompts Task Force to Call for Corrective Measures

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland needs to change its mortgage laws, improve outreach to vulnerable borrowers and create emergency funds for families in mortgage trouble if it is going to stem a rising foreclosure rate, a task force said Thursday

Appeals Court Hears Arguments Over Huge Allegany County Development

ANNAPOLIS – Not even Maryland’s most rural areas will be safe from urban sprawl if a 4,300-unit housing development is approved in Allegany County, opponents told the Maryland Court of Appeals on Thursday

Maryland Primary Race Gets Another Runner

PASADENA – The race to claim the Republican nomination for Maryland’s 1st Congressional District seat got more crowded Thursday

Court of Special Appeals Rejects ‘Unfair’ Medicaid-Eligibility Practice

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals ruled Wednesday that the state health department was using too-strict a standard in determining Medicaid eligibility for at-home health services

Lieutenant Governor Tells Lobbyists Maryland Is Ready for BRAC

WASHINGTON – The budget passed by the Maryland General Assembly earlier this month will pave the way for a surge of new residents from the military Base Realignment and Closure process, Lt

It’s Just Lunch: O’Malley, Olmert Meet in Annapolis as ‘Old Acquaintances’

ANNAPOLIS – Historians can recall few Maryland governors who met one-on-one with foreign heads of state who were here on official business — and none who met as “old acquaintances

Peace Conference Protesters Are ‘People We Aren’t Used to Seeing in Annapolis’

ANNAPOLIS – Bearded Orthodox Jews, guitar-strumming Israel supporters and a dancing Condoleezza Rice impersonator, among others, congregated outside the Naval Academy’s main gate Tuesday while a conference inside talked about Middle East peace