Maryland

Increased Construction Causes More Work Zone Crashes

ANNAPOLIS – When a dump truck ran over and killed 52-year-old road worker Walter Ludlam as he painted a center line on Route 40 in Ellicott City late on the night of April 15, it was a rare work zone accident where a worker was the casualty

As GOP Beats Drum for Ehrlich, Pierpont Keeps Marching to His Own Drummer

PRINCE FREDERICK – The national anthem has been sung, the pledge of allegiance has been recited, the prayer and the emcee’s opening remarks are a memory by the time Rep

Government Presence Keeps Maryland Near Top in Federal Spending Per Person

WASHINGTON – The federal government spent $48

Housing Advocates See Increase In Harassment of Women by Landlords, Custodians

WASHINGTON – They didn’t leave their names and they didn’t say where they lived

Maryland Public Television Adapts to Wider, More Diverse Audience

ANNAPOLIS – Officials at Maryland Public Television never planned the abrupt dismissal of Louis Rukeyser, longtime host of the popular financial show, “Wall Street Week,” but the move has allowed them to begin retooling programming to appeal to a more diverse audience

Sex Offender Registry Goes Online, Easing Access but Raising Privacy Concerns

WASHINGTON – Maryland officials will post the state’s sex offender registry online Monday, allowing anyone in the world to look up the name, address and picture of more than 2,000 convicts

Western Maryland, Eastern Shore Trail in Computer Use and High-Speed Internet

ANNAPOLIS – Western Maryland households and businesses are the least likely in the state to have computers and high-speed Internet access, according to a study released this week

Friedgen, Williams Take-Home Pay Tops Highest-Paid State Employees

ANNAPOLIS – The University of Maryland’s two high-profile coaches — who guided the football and men’s basketball programs to unprecedented success — are making nearly triple the earnings of the top-paid state employee

Federal Budget Cuts, Loss of Private Funds Threaten Prison Education Programs

GLEN BURNIE – Tavon Taylor is probably more enthusiastic about his fiberoptics and copper cabling class than the typical Anne Arundel Community College student, but that’s easy to understand