Maryland

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s subprime loan foreclosure rate of 2 percent for the last quarter of 2006 was among the lowest in the country, bucking the national trend toward alarming rates

WASHINGTON – Maryland Democrat Ben Cardin and fellow members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, flexed their constitutional muscle in voting Thursday to authorize the use of subpoenas in a investigation into the firing of eight U

WASHINGTON – Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties are losing population, albeit slightly, for the first time in six years, while the state’s population continues to grow, according to new reports from the Census Bureau

BALTIMORE – A group of environmental activists gathered near a pier in Curtis Bay on Thursday to complain about a key change in the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s reporting of toxic chemicals that they say puts “a blinder on the public’s right to know

WASHINGTON – A Baltimore firefighter told a House subcommittee Thursday that the alternative minimum tax, a measure aimed at the wealthy, is actually crippling middle-class Americans by sticking them with a higher tax bill

WASHINGTON – The stability of the federal government and its large role in the state’s economy would protect Maryland from the worst economic effects of a pandemic flu, according to a report released Thursday as part of the U

ANNAPOLIS – Picking up the pace on its legislative calendar, the Maryland Senate passed legislation Thursday that would prohibit state legislators from granting scholarships to their own and their colleagues’ family members

ANNAPOLIS – Senate President Thomas V