ANNAPOLIS – As high school seniors prepare to head to Ocean City to celebrate their graduation, many beach establishments are bracing for another tough season “June bug” season that mixes partying teen-agers with vacationing families
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Maryland Inventor Hopes QVC Lets the Masses See — and Buy — the Light
WASHINGTON – Murari Sharma can pretty much recite the rejection letters from memory
State Readies Plan to Get Radiation Medication to Nuclear Plant Neighbors
WASHINGTON – State and county health officials are finalizing plans this week for the distribution of 160,000 potassium iodide pills to the 80,000 Maryland residents who live within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant
University Hoping Athletic Successes Don’t Outshine Academic Achievements
ANNAPOLIS – Soon after the University of Maryland’s men’s basketball team captured the national championship, the ads began rolling out
Senate Committee Kills Bill to Give White Males Minority Business Preference
ANNAPOLIS – A Senate committee killed a bill that would have included made some white males eligible for minority business preference by including them in the definition of socially disadvantaged
Prince George’s County House Members Agree to Accept Appointed School Board
ANNAPOLIS – A plan to remove the elected Prince George’s County school board cleared a formidable hurdle Thursday when the county’s House delegation agreed with a Senate plan to replace all nine elected board members with appointees
Lawmakers Approve $21.6 Billion Budget that Preserves Income Tax Cut
ANNAPOLIS – The General Assembly has approved a $21
Many Counties Not Likely to Meet Tougher Air Pollution Standards, Report Says
WASHINGTON – Half of the state’s counties are unlikely to meet one or more tougher air pollution standards that the Environmental Protection Agency will soon impose, according to a report released Thursday by a national coalition of environmental groups
Senate OKS Stripped-Down Sunday Deer Hunting Bill, House Likely to Follow
ANNAPOLIS – The Senate approved a vastly pared-down version of a Sunday deer hunt bill Thursday, amending it to ban the hunts in all but a handful of counties
Lawmakers Agree to Redistribute School Aid, Boost Funds With Cigarette Tax
ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers struck a deal Thursday on a sweeping education reform plan that would rewrite state funding formulas to give more money to poorer school districts and could give local school systems an extra $1