Maryland

Despite Ehrlich Win, His Crime Program Faces Tough Road

ANNAPOLIS – Project Exile has led Gov

Welcome Rains Come at Unwelcome Time; Wet Fields Delay Planting, Harvesting

WASHINGTON – The rains that farmer Lilace Martin had been hoping for all summer have finally fallen

Promise of DNA Testing Dim For All But a Few Prisoners

WASHINGTON – Bernard Webster walked free this month after spending 20 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, the first man to benefit from a new law allowing post-conviction reviews of DNA evidence in murders and rapes

Ehrlich Eases Fears Over Higher Education Cuts

ANNAPOLIS – Gov

Prescription Drug List For Medicaid Patients Could Save State Millions

ANNAPOLIS – With Maryland facing a $1

Environmentalists Hopeful Ehrlich Will Uphold Glendening Environmental Legacy

ANNAPOLIS – Hope floats, but on polluted waters, for Gov

Western Maryland May Regret Speaker Taylor’s Defeat

ANNAPOLIS – For a region that typically plays second fiddle to urban communities like Baltimore and Montgomery County in state legislation, Western Maryland has had strong representation in the General Assembly with Speaker of the House Casper Taylor Jr

CareFirst Financial Practices Called Into Question

ANNAPOLIS – An expert for the Maryland Insurance Administration has determined that more than $33 million in compensation for executives of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield were made improperly and violate Maryland law

Report Says Maryland, Most Other States, Need Tougher Drugged-Driving Laws

WASHINGTON – Maryland is one of 42 states lacking “zero-tolerance” drugged-driving laws and one of only two states that limits the type of drug testing police can do on drivers, according a nationwide drug policy analysis released Thursday