Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – A change to legislation that allows distraught mothers to legally abandon their babies prompted more than 20 members of the Maryland House of Delegates to remove their names as co-sponsors of the bill

WASHINGTON – Alyssa Pascarell, 8, does not know what it means to “Stand up for Steel,” but she chanted the slogan anyway

ANNAPOLIS – A tobacco tax increase could revive a stalled school reform plan threatened by a tight budget, said the Senate budget chairwoman who hopes to link the two

COLLEGE PARK – Eight years after his death, President Nixon can still pack a room full of reporters and keep them buzzing

ANNAPOLIS – The Board of Public Works Wednesday approved the $4

ANNAPOLIS – Even facing the possible loss of federal highway money, some House lawmakers said Wednesday they couldn’t support a prohibition on open containers of alcohol in cars, arguing the measure punishes responsible drivers

WASHINGTON – A San Francisco man Wednesday sued the University of Maryland Medical Systems, claiming he was not permitted to see his partner who died at the Shock Trauma Center from AIDS-related complications

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland House and Senate likely will have to work out differences in measures designed to give domestic abuse victims 24-hour access to court protective orders, if the House passes its version of the bill

WASHINGTON – Same-sex partners made up less than 1 percent of Maryland’s 1

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers concerned that red-light-runner and speeder-nabbing cameras are more cash cows for cities and counties than crime busters argued for their bills to restrain the use of the technology before a Senate panel Tuesday