Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – A bill to regulate crematories is a shoe-in to pass the House, a key committee chairman said Thursday, but then it will likely face the same Senate panel that rejected similar legislation last month

WASHINGTON – Fatima Wilkerson just needed a little help

ANNAPOLIS – Bail bondsmen and prominent Maryland public officials clashed Wednesday at a hearing on a bill that could hurt bondsmen by encouraging defendants to pay bail directly to the court

WASHINGTON- A number of Maryland hospitals still had at least one defective bronchoscope as of this week, when Johns Hopkins Hospital tentatively linked two patient deaths and many illnesses to recalled medical devices

WASHINGTON – Emergency workers responding to the Sept

ANNAPOLIS – Gun control advocates rallied at the State House Wednesday to push for a bill to require handgun buyers to get a license similar to a driver’s license

WASHINGTON – The proportion of Maryland children living in poverty rose from about one in 10 kids in 1990 to almost one in eight by 2000, according to an analysis of Census data released today

ANNAPOLIS – With the state facing a projected $1 billion deficit and advocates complaining that basic services will lack funds under Gov

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration is betting heavily that the Troops to Teachers program can help solve the national teacher shortage

ANNAPOLIS – Opponents see it as beating a dead horse, but several leading lawmakers urged House and Senate committees Tuesday to resume a stalled federal environmental impact study for the Inter-county Connector, a project debated for five decades in the General Assembly