Maryland

ATLANTA – At first glance, Peel Bradley had no idea what the big red billboard emblazoned in white with the words “Welcome to Garyland” meant

ATLANTA – Turtles supplanted bunny rabbits and vivid crimson trumped the pale pastels of colored eggs on an Easter Sunday in a Georgia city overrun by visiting Marylanders whose religious fervor was devoted in large measure to basketball this day

WASHINGTON – When students at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville return from Easter vacation, the school rector will go to their religion classes and talk about the priest sexual misconduct scandal that began in Boston and hit closer to home recently

WASHINGTON – William “Brit” Kirwan says he cannot reveal the amount of deferred compensation he will receive as University System of Maryland chancellor because state officials worry it could affect a separate lawsuit

ANNAPOLIS – A bill to oversee crematories is still alive in the Senate, but a committee chairman said it won’t pass unless the panel can change a provision calling for two separate state agencies to split regulatory duties

WASHINGTON – Washington Gas has asked the Maryland Public Service Commission to approve a 9 percent rate increase, which the company said would raise the average residential customer’s monthly bill by about $5

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WASHINGTON – You get what you pay for — that’s how state officials and colleagues are defending the hefty compensation package offered to William “Brit” Kirwan, incoming chancellor for the University System of Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – Five lobbyists huddled in the hallway of the Lowe House Office Building early Thursday morning, plotted strategy and tried not to giggle

ANNAPOLIS – The hottest game in Maryland is 700 miles away tonight, but there’s still time to get a seat when the University of Maryland’s men’s basketball team makes its second trip to the Final Four in as many years