WASHINGTON – Despite a slew of tough new laws to reduce drunken driving, alcohol-related traffic deaths are on the rise in Maryland, earning the state “C” on a national report card released Thursday
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Groups Ask State to Find Money, Not Cut Programs, to Close Budget Gap
ANNAPOLIS – It looked like it was going to get out of control
First-Ever Count of State Horses, Horsemen, Illuminates `Invisible’ Industry
WASHINGTON – Maryland horse owners and breeders are hailing a first-ever equine “census,” released today, that showed there are 79,000 horses in the state and about 38,000 people who work with those horses
Federal Port Security Bill Holds Hope — No Money — for Baltimore Officials
WASHINGTON – When Congress passed “landmark” port security legislation this month, it left out an important detail — the money
Homeland Security Department Gets Final Senate OK; Wrangling Over Site Ensues
WASHINGTON – The Senate gave overwhelming final approval Tuesday to the Homeland Security Act, ending five months of debate on the largest government overhaul in more than 50 years
Supreme Court to Hear Death Row Inmate’s Appeal in Baltimore County Killing
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear the appeal of a Maryland man on death row for the 1988 murder of an elderly woman in her Woodlawn apartment
Maryland Printers Balk at White House Plan to Contract Out Federal Budget
WASHINGTON – For the first time in over 80 years, the government will let private companies bid for the right to print the massive fiscal 2004 federal budget, part of a White House effort to make government more efficient
State Announces New Washington-style Rail System in Baltimore
BALTIMORE – A Maryland Department of Transportation committee released an ambitious rail transit plan Friday to connect five counties and Baltimore and allow train travel virtually anywhere in the Baltimore region
Ehrlich Announces Transition Team Leaders
ANNAPOLIS – Gov-elect Bob Ehrlich announced Friday the leaders of the team charged with making his transfer into the State House a smooth one