ANNAPOLIS – The number of private security guards employed in Anne Arundel County after 9/11 increased by nearly 170 percent — the highest percentage spike in the country, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released last week
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^Maryland Officials Decry Federal Medicaid Squeeze
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland officials said a recent decision by federal Medicaid administrators to stop reimbursing states for the cost of transporting disabled students to and from school is part of a “mean-spirited,” months-long trend to “dump additional costs onto the states
^When Fluffy Becomes Foamy: Cats Top Dogs as Rabies Danger in Maryland
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland recorded its first-ever rabid bear last month, and the rabid dog, foaming at the mouth and baring its teeth, figures prominently in the popular imagination
Congress Loosens Student Aid Funding
WASHINGTON – Congress passed legislation Friday to increase grant money for college students and lower interest rates on student loans, which supporters say will create better access to higher education for students in Maryland
^State Vineyards Can’t Grow Grapes Fast Enough to Meet Wineries’ Demand
ANNAPOLIS – Frank Cleary watched last week as a worker clipped red grapes from a vine under the morning sun and dropped them into a white plastic bin
Bill Targets Colon Cancer Rates Among Poor
WASHINGTON – Maryland’s uninsured population may have found an ally against colon cancer
Senate Approves Nearly $1 Billion for Maryland Military Projects
WASHINGTON – The Senate Thursday passed a $109
Unscrupulous Lenders Preyed on Minorities, Report Finds
WASHINGTON – Maryland’s deluge of foreclosures has hit minority communities particularly hard, as lenders foisted high-cost loans on them more often than whites, according to a new report