Maryland

WASHINGTON – The number of light-duty trucks, which includes most sport utility vehicles, has jumped by 224 percent in Maryland over the last 12 years, leaving officials scrambling to fix pollution problems caused by the unforeseen popularity of the vehicles

WASHINGTON – When Brenley Jacobs began searching for her first car four years ago she knew exactly what she wanted — a sport-utility vehicle

WASHINGTON – It’s been a rough year for federal labor unions

WASHINGTON – Ron Anderson spent 23 years as a Navy paratrooper before retiring with foot injuries in 1990, but he refuses to apply for disability benefits — doing so would cost him a chunk of his $1,500 monthly retirement check

ANNAPOLIS – Jacob Stiffler, 17, walks into the Easton High School classroom, sits in the corner and attentively listens to the calculus lecture every school day

WASHINGTON – State and local law enforcement officials are keeping a close watch on the federal budget, after the Justice Department said this month it cannot send any new grant money to states until Congress authorizes spending

ANNAPOLIS – Retirement is not for Larry Goldberg

WASHINGTON – Seven months after the fact, Montgomery College registrar’s associate Naheda Kaibni is still astonished when she tells the story of the phone call from her cousin in Ramallah

WASHINGTON – Diane Drake of the Community College of Baltimore County does not usually have to tell prospective students where Baltimore County is — or what a community college is, for that matter

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s oyster harvest could sink below historic lows this winter, scientists say, as the state continues to study solutions to a problem both economic and ecological