Maryland

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s system of tracking birth defects “is at the bottom rung of acceptable,” according to a report Wednesday by a nonprofit health advocacy group that ranked the states

LANDOVER – Reina Cruz wishes she could move away from Hunter’s Ridge Apartments in Landover to a real house where her 10-year-old granddaughter could have her own room and to a neighborhood where sirens do not pierce the night

ANNAPOLIS – Forget Oreos

ANNAPOLIS – A meeting with the mayor, a high-powered lunch with some delegates and an afternoon of testifying — just a typical day in Annapolis

BALTIMORE – Hundreds of workers rallied with state and federal elected officials at the United Steelworkers union hall Wednesday, demanding a 40 percent tariff on cheap foreign steel that they say is threatening their livelihood

ANNAPOLIS – Backers of a state panel’s school reform plan stepped up pressure on the General Assembly Wednesday, calling for its full funding

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear a former Senate worker’s claim that a federal judge should have considered new evidence at his resentencing for a child pornography conviction

ANNAPOLIS – Legislators must pass aggressive laws this session to help reduce a growing number of drunken driving fatalities in the state and avoid losing federal funding for state highways, government leaders said at a news conference Tuesday

ROCKVILLE – Montgomery County plans to boost its emergency preparedness by housing transportation management and emergency response centers in the same building

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s drug laws are generally consistent with other state and federal laws and may be slightly stricter in some cases, according to a report that claimed to be the first to compare laws state by state